Use of understory vegetation in classifying soil moisture and nutrient regimes

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 129, Issue 1-3, 2000, Pages 93-100

  Geoff Wang, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINNIPEG   (Canada)

Author keywords

Indicator plants; Site classification; White spruce

Indexed keywords

EID: 0342546435     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(99)00142-5     Document Type: Article

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