Surface covering of downed logs: Drivers of a neglected process in dead wood ecology

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 10, 2010, Pages

  Dynesius, Mats ^a   Gibb, Heloise ^b   Hjältén, Joakim ^c  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANOPY; COARSE WOOD DEBRIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECOMPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FOREST MANAGEMENT; LOGARITHM; LOW TEMPERATURE; MOISTURE; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT PRODUCT; SOIL PROPERTY; SOLAR RADIATION; SPECIES HABITAT; SPHAGNUM; SYNECOLOGY; WOOD DEBRIS; ECOLOGY; TREE; WOOD;

BRYOPHYTA;

ECOLOGY; TREES; WOOD;

EID: 78049306580     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0013237     Document Type: Article

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