Litterfall, nitrogen and phosphorus inputs at various levels of canopy removal in oak and pine stands in northern lower Michigan

American Midland Naturalist

Volumn 135, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 195-204

  Kim, Choonsig ^a,b   Sharik, Terry L ^a,c   Jurgensen, Martin F ^a  

^a MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Korea Forest Research Institute   (South Korea)

^c UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PINUS RESINOSA; QUERCUS; QUERCUS RUBRA;

EID: 3242854431     PISSN: 00030031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2426702     Document Type: Article

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