Patterns of canopy interception and throughfall along a topographic sequence for black spruce dominated forest ecosystems in northwestern Ontario

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1046-1060

  Morris, Dave M ^a   Gordon, Alan G ^b   Gordon, Andrew M ^c  

^a LAKEHEAD UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ONTARIO MINISTRY OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY; METABOLISM; PH; POSITIVE IONS; RAIN; SOILS; VEGETATION;

LEAF AREA INDEX;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

CANOPY; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; INTERCEPTION; PRECIPITATION QUALITY; THROUGHFALL; TOPOSEQUENCE;

CANADA;

PICEA MARIANA;

EID: 0041570227     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/x03-027     Document Type: Article

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