Aboveground forest biomass and litter production patterns in Atlantic White Cedar swamps of differing hydroperiods

Southeastern Naturalist

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 673-690

  DeBerry, Jeffrey W ^a   Atkinson, Robert B ^b  

^a Versar   (United States)

^b CHRISTOPHER NEWPORT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLIGATOR; CHAMAECYPARIS THYOIDES;

EID: 84919395110     PISSN: 15287092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1656/058.013.0414     Document Type: Article

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