Paleoecological implications of differential biomass and litter production in canopy trees in Australian Nothofagus and Eucalyptus forests

Palaios

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 452-462

  Steart, David C ^a,b   Greenwood, David R ^a,c   Boon, Paul I ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c BRANDON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CANOPY; CENOZOIC; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; LEAF LITTER; PALEOECOLOGY;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS REGNANS; NOTHOFAGUS; NOTHOFAGUS CUNNINGHAMII;

EID: 27144504422     PISSN: 08831351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2110/palo.2004.P04-57     Document Type: Article

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