Seasonal patterns of litterfall in forest ecosystem worldwide

Ecological Complexity

Volumn 20, Issue , 2014, Pages 240-247

  Zhang, Haicheng ^a   Yuan, Wenping ^a   Dong, Wenjie ^a   Liu, Shuguang ^b,c  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY OF FORESTRY AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Dynamic vegetation model; Forest ecosystem; Litterfall; Seasonal pattern

Indexed keywords

EID: 84918575136     PISSN: 1476945X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecocom.2014.01.003     Document Type: Article

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