The influence of red alder patches on light, litter-fall, and soil nutrients in adjacent conifer stands

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 56-64

  Lavery, John M ^a,c   Comeau, Philip G ^b   Prescott, Cindy E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c SCION   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; PLANTS (BOTANY); SEED;

CONIFERS; LITTERFALLS;

FORESTRY;

CONIFEROUS FOREST; LIGHT AVAILABILITY; LITTERFALL; SOIL NUTRIENT;

ABIES; ALNUS RUBRA; BETULACEAE; CONIFEROPHYTA; PSEUDOTSUGA; PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII;

EID: 1842734987     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/x03-194     Document Type: Article

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