Quantitative and qualitative measures of decomposition: Is there a link?

Southern Journal of Applied Forestry

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 137-141

  Eaton, Robert J ^a   Sanchez, Felipe G ^a  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Coarse woody debris; Decay class; Loblolly pine

Indexed keywords

DEBRIS; FORESTRY; HARDWOODS; POPULATION STATISTICS;

CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM; COARSE WOODY DEBRIS; DECAY CLASS; DECOMPOSITION RATE; LOBLOLLY PINE; TREE MORTALITY; WEAK CORRELATION; WOOD DENSITY;

DECAY (ORGANIC);

CLASSIFICATION; DATA STORAGE; DECAY; HARDWOODS; HERBICIDES; MORTALITY; PINUS TAEDA; WOOD;

PINUS TAEDA;

EID: 69849100728     PISSN: 01484419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sjaf/33.3.137     Document Type: Article

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