Canopy composition as a measure to identify patterns of nutrient input in a mixed European beech and Norway spruce forest in central Europe

European Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 128, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 13-25

  Hojjati, S Mohammad ^a,b   Hagen Thorn, Anna ^a   Lamersdorf, Norbert P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b University of Mazandaran Faculty of Natural Resources   (Iran)

Author keywords

Canopy classes; Canopy leaching; Gaps; Litterfall; Throughfall; Water fluxes

Indexed keywords

CANOPY GAP; FOREST CANOPY; FOREST MANAGEMENT; LITTERFALL; MIXED FOREST; STAND DYNAMICS; THROUGHFALL;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY;

FAGUS; FAGUS SYLVATICA; PICEA; PICEA ABIES;

EID: 58249083758     PISSN: 16124669     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10342-008-0235-5     Document Type: Article

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