Biomass, production and woody detritus in an old coast redwood (Sequoia sempervirens) forest

Plant Ecology

Volumn 177, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 177-188

  Busing, Richard T ^a   Fujimori, Takao ^b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b Assoc of Electronic Technology for   (Japan)

Author keywords

Decay; Natural disturbance; NPP; Old growth; Pacific Northwest; Stand dynamics; Woody debris

Indexed keywords

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; DETRITUS; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; WOODY DEBRIS;

SEQUOIA SEMPERVIRENS;

EID: 21644455809     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11258-005-2322-8     Document Type: Article

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