Understory species as soil moisture indicators in Oregon's western cascades old-growth forests

Northwest Science

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 214-224

  Lookingbill, Todd R ^a   Goldenberg, Neal E ^b   Williams, Brian H ^c  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OLD-GROWTH FOREST; SOIL MOISTURE; TEMPERATURE; UNDERSTORY;

CASCADE RANGE; NORTH AMERICA; OREGON; UNITED STATES;

ABIES; PSEUDOTSUGA; PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII;

EID: 5344230095     PISSN: 0029344X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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