Amounts of down woody materials for mixed-oak forests in Kentucky, Virginia, Tennessee, and North Carolina

Southern Journal of Applied Forestry

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 113-117

  Chojnacky, David C ^a   Schuler, Thomas M ^b  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^b USDA Forest Service Northeastern Research Station Parsons   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon; Coarse woody debris; Deadwood; Duff; Fine woody debris; Forest floor; Litter

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CALCULATIONS; DEBRIS; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; ECOSYSTEMS; HARDWOODS; STATISTICS;

COARSE WOODY DEBRIS; COARSE WOODY MATERIAL; DEADWOOD; DOWN WOODY MATERIALS; FINE WOODY DEBRIS; FINE WOODY MATERIAL; FOREST FLOOR;

FORESTRY;

BIOMASS; COMPUTATION; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; ECOSYSTEMS; FIBER DEBRIS; FORESTRY; QUERCUS; STATISTICS;

QUERCUS;

EID: 4344570959     PISSN: 01484419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sjaf/28.2.113     Document Type: Article

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