Variation in mass and nutrient concentration of leaf litter across years and sites in a northern hardwood forest

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 42, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1597-1610

  Yanai, Ruth D ^a   Arthur, Mary A ^b   Acker, Marty ^b,c   Levine, Carrie R ^a   Park, Byung Bae ^a,d  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^c ALASKA FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^d Korea Forest Research Institute   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRIC EQUATIONS; BASAL AREA; COEFFICIENTS OF VARIATIONS; LEAF LITTER; LEAF LITTERFALL; LITTERFALLS; NORTHERN HARDWOOD FOREST; NORTHERN HARDWOODS; NUTRIENT CONCENTRATIONS; NUTRIENT FLUXES; OPTIMAL ALLOCATION; OVER SAMPLING; PHOSPHORUS CONCENTRATION; RESEARCH EFFORTS; SITE-SPECIFIC; SOURCES OF VARIATION; SPECIES COMPOSITION; TIME-AVERAGED; TREE SPECIES; WIND EVENTS;

ESTIMATION; HARDWOODS; MAGNESIUM; NUTRIENTS; PHOSPHORUS; POTASSIUM;

FORESTRY;

ALLOMETRY; BASAL AREA; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EXTREME EVENT; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FOREST FLOOR; LEAF LITTER; LITTERFALL; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; PHOSPHORUS; POTASSIUM; SPECIES DIVERSITY; WIND PROFILE;

ESTIMATES; ESTIMATION; FOREST LITTER; FORESTRY; HARDWOODS; MAGNESIUM; NUTRIENTS; PHOSPHORUS; POTASSIUM; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION;

EID: 84864602548     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: 12086037     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/X2012-084     Document Type: Article

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