A model of wind-influenced leaf litterfall in a mixed hardwood forest

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 201-209

  Staelens, Jeroen ^a   Nachtergale, Lieven ^a   Luyssaert, Sebastiaan ^b   Lust, Noël ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; WIND EFFECTS;

LEAF LITTERFALL;

FORESTRY;

LITTERFALL; MIXED FOREST; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; WIND;

ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; WIND;

BETULA PENDULA; PENDULA; QUERCUS; QUERCUS ROBUR; QUERCUS RUBRA;

EID: 0037308923     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/x02-174     Document Type: Article

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