Accumulation and preservation of dead wood upon burial by bryophytes

Ecosystems

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 600-611

  Hagemann, Ulrike ^a   Moroni, Martin T ^b,d   Gleißner, Johanna ^c   Makeschin, Franz ^a  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^d FORESTRY TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Buried dead wood; Carbon cycling; Feathermoss; Necromass; Organic layer; Pleurozium; Woody debris

Indexed keywords

BIOACCUMULATION; BOREAL FOREST; BRYOPHYTE; CARBON CYCLE; DECOMPOSITION; FOREST COVER; MOSS; SELF THINNING; SENESCENCE; STAND DYNAMICS; STANDARDIZATION; WOODY DEBRIS;

CANADA;

BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES; PICEA MARIANA; PLEUROZIUM;

EID: 77953540722     PISSN: 14329840     EISSN: 14350629     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10021-010-9343-4     Document Type: Article

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