Woody debris in a 16-year old Pinus radiata plantation in Australia: Mass, carbon and nitrogen stocks, and turnover

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 228, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 145-151

  Guo, Lanbin B ^a,b   Bek, Emily ^c   Gifford, Roger M ^a,b  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b Research School of Biological Sciences   (Australia)

^c Hawker College   (Australia)

Author keywords

Carbon; Forest floor; Nitrogen; Pinus radiata; Release; Woody debris

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEMS; HARDWOODS; WOOD PRODUCTS;

FOREST FLOOR; WOODY DEBRIS;

DEBRIS;

AFFORESTATION; CARBON; DECOMPOSITION; FOREST FLOOR; FOREST MANAGEMENT; NITROGEN; WOODY DEBRIS;

ECOSYSTEMS; PINUS RADIATA; WOOD PRODUCTS;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

PINUS RADIATA;

EID: 33646568770     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2006.02.043     Document Type: Article

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