Wood density and stocks of coarse woody debris in a northwestern Amazonian landscape

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 795-805

  Chao, Kuo Jung ^a,b   Phillips, Oliver L ^a   Baker, Timothy R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; FORESTRY; VEGETATION;

COARSE WOODY DEBRIS (CWD);

WOOD WASTES;

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; CARBON CYCLE; CLAY; COARSE WOODY DEBRIS; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DECOMPOSITION; DISTURBANCE; FLOODPLAIN FOREST;

CARBON; FORESTS; PLANTS; WOOD DENSITY; WOOD WASTE;

AMAZONIA; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 43549113343     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/X07-163     Document Type: Article

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