Inter- and intra-annual variations in canopy fine litterfall and carbon and nitrogen inputs to the forest floor in two European coniferous forests

Annals of Forest Science

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 367-379

  Portillo Estrada, Miguel ^a   Korhonen, Janne F J ^b   Pihlatie, Mari ^b   Pumpanen, Jukka ^b   Frumau, Arnoud K F ^c   Morillas, Lourdes ^d   Tosens, Tiina ^a   Niinemets, Ülo ^a  

^a ESTONIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Estonia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c TNO   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSIDAD PABLO DE OLAVIDE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Douglas fir; Litter production rate; Scots pine; Temporal variability; Wind influenced litterfall

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; CANOPY; CARBON; CONIFEROUS FOREST; FOREST FLOOR; LITTERFALL; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT CYCLING; SEASONAL VARIATION; STAND STRUCTURE; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

NETHERLANDS;

PINUS SYLVESTRIS; PSEUDOTSUGA; PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII;

EID: 84878710611     PISSN: 12864560     EISSN: 1297966X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13595-013-0273-0     Document Type: Article

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