Landscape patterns of overstory litterfall and related nutrient fluxes in a cool-temperate forest watershed in northern Hokkaido, Japan

Journal of Forestry Research

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 249-254

  Xu, Xiao Niu ^a   Shibata, Hideaki ^b  

^a ANHUI AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Landscape; Litterfall; Nutrient cycling; Soil chemistry; Temperate forest

Indexed keywords

ABIES; ABIES SACHALINENSIS; ALNUS; ALNUS HIRSUTA; BETULA PLATYPHYLLA; CONIFEROPHYTA; PICEA; PICEA GLEHNII; QUERCUS CRISPULA; SALIX;

EID: 37649012769     PISSN: 1007662X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11676-007-0051-7     Document Type: Article

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