Blowing litter across a landscape: Effects on ecosystem nutrient flux and implications for landscape management

Landscape Ecology

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 629-644

  Shen, Weijun ^a   Lin, Yongbiao ^a   Jenerette, G Darrel ^b   Wu, Jianguo ^c,d  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d INNER MONGOLIA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Agroforestry landscape; Landscape management; Litter transfer nutrient flow

Indexed keywords

EID: 84895064092     PISSN: 09212973     EISSN: 15729761     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10980-011-9599-x     Document Type: Article

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