Log decay of Picea abies in the Swiss Jura Mountains of central Europe

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 242, Issue 2-3, 2007, Pages 791-799

  Bütler, Rita ^a   Patty, Lita ^b   Le Bayon, Renée Claire ^c   Guenat, Claire ^b   Schlaepfer, Rodolphe ^b  

^a SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

^b EPFL   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Brunisol; Dead wood; Decomposition; Humus; Nutrients; Spruce; Sylvatest Duo ; Ultrasonic waves

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; DECAY (ORGANIC); DECOMPOSITION; EUROPE; NUTRIENTS; ULTRASONIC WAVES; WOOD;

BRUNISOL; CLIMATIC CONDITIONS; SYLVATESTS; ULTRASONIC MEASUREMENTS;

FORESTRY;

BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; COARSE WOODY DEBRIS; CONIFEROUS TREE; DECOMPOSITION; HUMUS; NUTRIENT CYCLING; SOIL NUTRIENT; ULTRASONICS;

BIODIVERSITY; DECAY; MOUNTAINS; NUTRIENTS; PICEA ABIES; WOOD;

EURASIA; EUROPE; JURA MOUNTAINS;

ABIES; PICEA; PICEA ABIES;

EID: 34047200823     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2007.02.017     Document Type: Article

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