Litter dynamics of three subalpine forests in Western Sichuan

Pedosphere

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 653-659

  Yang, Wan Qin ^a,b   Wang, Kai Yun ^b,c   Kellomaki S ^c   Gong, He De ^b  

^a SICHUAN AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHENGDU INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Litter dynamics; Litter production; Litter stock; Subalpine forests

Indexed keywords

FOREST SOIL; LITTER;

ASIA; CHINA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; SICHUAN; WORLD;

ABIES; BRYOPHYTA; PICEA;

EID: 27144487760     PISSN: 10020160     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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