Litterfall from trees in semiarid woodlands of north-east Queensland

Austral Ecology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 150-155

  McIvor, John G ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chemical composition; Eucalyptus; Nitrogen; Phosphorus; Seasonal rate; Sulfur

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037519080     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1442-9993.2001.01097.x     Document Type: Article

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