Predicting the spatial distribution of leaf litterfall in a mixed deciduous forest

Forest Science

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 836-847

  Staelens, Jeroen ^a   Nachtergale, Lieven ^b   Luyssaert, Sebastiaan ^c  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b Flemish Community   (Belgium)

^c FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Forest canopy; Litter layer; Nutrient cycling; Spatial variability; Upscaling

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; HARDWOODS; INTERPOLATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

DECIDUOUS FORESTS; LITTERFALL; NUTRIENT CYCLING; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

FORESTRY;

BIODIVERSITY; FOLIAR ANALYSIS; FOREST CANOPY; FOREST LITTER; FORESTRY; HARDWOODS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUTRIENTS; QUERCUS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

BETULA PENDULA; PENDULA; QUERCUS; QUERCUS ROBUR; QUERCUS RUBRA;

EID: 13944278532     PISSN: 0015749X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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