Fine root carbon allocation and fates in longleaf pine forests

Forest Science

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 177-187

  Carter, Durwin C ^a,b   Hendricks, Joseph J ^a   Mitchell, Robert J ^c   Pecot, Stephen D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WEST GEORGIA   (United States)

^b Eufaula National Wildlife Refuge   (United States)

^c JOSEPH W JONES ECOLOGICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Herbivory; Mortality; Nitrogen; Production; Standing biomass

Indexed keywords

FACTORIAL DESIGN; PINE FORESTS; SINK STRENGTHS;

CARBON; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; PESTICIDES; SOILS;

FORESTRY;

ACRONICTA LEPORINA; INSECTA; PINUS PALUSTRIS;

EID: 2642555689     PISSN: 0015749X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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