Influence of the substrate and ecosystem attributes on the decomposition rates of coarse woody debris in European boreal forests

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 315, Issue , 2014, Pages 173-184

  Shorohova, Ekaterina ^a,b   Kapitsa, Ekaterina ^a  

^a SAINT PETERSBURG STATE FOREST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^b FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Decay rate; Decomposition factors; Logs; Mortality mode; Snags; Stumps

Indexed keywords

DECAY RATE; LOGS; MORTALITY MODE; SNAGS; STUMPS;

BIODIVERSITY; DECAY (ORGANIC); ECOSYSTEMS; POPULATION STATISTICS;

FORESTRY;

BIODIVERSITY; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BOREAL FOREST; CARBON CYCLE; CHRONOSEQUENCE; COARSE WOODY DEBRIS; CONIFEROUS FOREST; DECIDUOUS FOREST; DECOMPOSITION; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; MORTALITY; SNAG; SUBSTRATE;

BIODIVERSITY; DECAY; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; LOGS;

EUROPE;

EID: 84892887397     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2013.12.025     Document Type: Article

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