Study on Hydrological Functions of Litter Layers in North China

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2013, Pages

  Li, Xiang ^a   Niu, Jianzhi ^a   Xie, Baoyuan ^a  

^a BEIJING FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACER; ACER TRUNCATUM; ARTICLE; CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; EVAPORATION; LITTER SIZE; METEOROLOGICAL PHENOMENA; NONHUMAN; OAK; PINE; PINUS TABULAEFORMIS; PLANT COMMUNITY; PLANT LEAF; PLANT LITTER; PLANT WATER CONTENT; PLANT WATER INTERCEPTION; PLANT WATER RELATION; PLANT WATER USE; PLATYCLADUS ORIENTALIS; PRECIPITATION; QUERCUS VARIABILIS; RAINFALL INTENSITY; SIMULATION; TREE; VEGETATION;

BIOMASS; CHINA; ECOSYSTEM; HYDROLOGY; RAIN; TRACHEOBIONTA; TREES;

EID: 84880764724     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0070328     Document Type: Article

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