Water-extractable organic compounds in different components of the litter layer of boreal coniferous forest soils along a climatic gradient

Boreal Environment Research

Volumn 13, Issue SUPPL. B, 2008, Pages 92-106

  Hilli, Sari ^a   Stark, Sari ^a   Derome, John ^a  

^a FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

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Indexed keywords

BRYOPHYTA; PICEA ABIES; PINUS SYLVESTRIS;

EID: 56349129628     PISSN: 12396095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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