A chronosequence of wood decomposition in the boreal forests of Russia

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 33, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 1211-1226

  Yatskov, Mikhail ^a   Harmon, Mark E ^a   Krankina, Olga N ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECOMPOSITION; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); RUSSIA; WOOD;

BOREAL FORESTS; DECOMPOSITION RATES; MEAN ANNUAL TEMPERATURES; WOOD DECOMPOSITION;

FORESTRY;

BOREAL FOREST; CHRONOSEQUENCE; DECOMPOSITION; SAMPLING; TREE; WOODY DEBRIS;

ABIES SIBIRICA; BETULA COSTATA; BETULA VERRUCOSA; DECAY; DENSITY; FORESTRY; LARIX SIBIRICA; WOOD;

EURASIA; RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

ABIES; ABIES SIBIRICA; BETULA COSTATA; BETULA PENDULA; LARIX; LARIX DAHURICA; LARIX SIBIRICA; PICEA; PICEA ABIES; PICEA AJANENSIS; PICEA OBOVATA; PINUS KORAIENSIS; PINUS SYLVESTRIS; POPULUS TREMULA;

EID: 5344251003     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/x03-033     Document Type: Article

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