Factors controlling litter production in a large Mediterranean river floodplain forest

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 40, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1698-1709

  González, Eduardo ^a   Muller, Etienne ^b,c   Gallardo, Belinda ^a   Comín, Francisco Antonio ^a   González Sanchis, María ^a  

^a INSTITUTO PIRENAICO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EBRO RIVER; FLOOD DURATION; FLOOD PLAINS; FLOODPLAIN FOREST; FOREST PLOTS; FOREST STRUCTURE; HYDROLOGICAL REGIME; INDEPENDENT PREDICTORS; LITTERFALLS; MEDITERRANEAN RIVERS; MIXED EFFECTS; RELATIVE IMPORTANCE; SEMI ARID; SOIL CONDITIONS; SPATIAL VARIABILITY; STEM DENSITY; TOTAL ORGANIC C; USE EFFICIENCY; WATER SEEPAGE; WATER TABLE LEVEL;

AQUIFERS; BANKS (BODIES OF WATER); FORESTRY; RIVERS; SEEPAGE; SOILS;

GEOLOGIC MODELS;

ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FLOODING; FLOODPLAIN; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FORESTRY MODELING; FORESTRY PRODUCTION; GROUNDWATER; LINEARITY; LITTER; LITTERFALL; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; NUTRIENT USE EFFICIENCY; PHOSPHORUS; SEMIARID REGION; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SPATIAL VARIATION; WATER TABLE;

AQUIFERS; FORESTRY; RIVERS; SEEPAGE; SOIL;

EBRO RIVER; SPAIN;

EID: 77958062010     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: 12086037     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/X10-102     Document Type: Article

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