Biomass estimation and nutrient pools in four Quercus pyrenaica in Sierra de Gata Mountains, Salamanca, Spain

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 132, Issue 2-3, 2000, Pages 127-141

  Santa Regina, I ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE RECURSOS NATURALES Y AGROBIOLOGÍA DE SALAMANCA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Biogeochemical cycles; Biomass; Forest ecosystems; Litter fall; Organic matter; Quercus pyrenaica; Turnover

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; LITTERFALL; NUTRIENT; SOIL PROPERTY;

SPAIN;

QUERCUS PYRENAICA;

EID: 0343517078     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(99)00219-4     Document Type: Article

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