Above- and below-ground biomass and nutrient distribution of a paper birch and subalpine fir mixed-species stand in the Sub-Boreal Spruce zone of British Columbia

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 130, Issue 1-3, 2000, Pages 17-26

  Wang, Jian Rang ^a   Letchford, Tony ^a   Comeau, Phil ^a   Kimmins, J P ^b  

^a RESEARCH BRANCH   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biomass and nutrient; Paper birch; Recruitment; Stand structure; Subalpine fir

Indexed keywords

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; BELOWGROUND BIOMASS; MIXED FOREST; NUTRIENT CYCLING;

CANADA;

ABIES LASIOCARPA; BETULA PAPYRIFERA;

EID: 0343091399     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(99)00193-0     Document Type: Article

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