Litterfall in the hardwood forest of a minor alluvial-floodplain

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 234, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 60-77

  Meier, Calvin E ^a   Stanturf, John A ^a   Gardiner, Emile S ^b  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^b CENTER FOR BOTTOMLAND HARDWOODS RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Bottomland hardwoods; Leaf fall; Liquidambar styraciflua; Litterfall; Minor alluvial floodplain; Quercus pagoda; Reproductive structures; Southeastern USA

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; CLIMATOLOGY; MASS TRANSFER; NUTRITION;

DECIDUOUS FORESTS; FOLIAR BIOMASS; MINOR ALLUVIAL-STREAMS; REPRODUCTIVE STRUCTURES;

FORESTRY;

ALLUVIAL PLAIN; DECIDUOUS FOREST; DETRITUS; FLOODPLAIN FOREST; HUMID ENVIRONMENT; LITTERFALL; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION;

BIODIVERSITY; FOLIAR ANALYSIS; FOREST LITTER; FORESTS; HARDWOODS;

LOUISIANA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

LIQUIDAMBAR; LIQUIDAMBAR STYRACIFLUA; QUERCUS PAGODA;

EID: 33748925770     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2006.06.026     Document Type: Article

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