Buried Wood: A Common Yet Poorly Documented Form of Deadwood

Ecosystems

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 605-628

  Moroni, M T ^a   Morris, D M ^b   Shaw, C ^c   Stokland, J N ^d   Harmon, M E ^e   Fenton, N J ^f   Merganicova K ^g,h   Merganic J ^g,h   Okabe, K ⁱ   Hagemann, U ^j  

^a Centre for Northern Forest Ecosystem Research ^*  (Australia)

^b LAKEHEAD UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

^d NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF BIOECONOMY RESEARCH   (Norway)

^e OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC EN ABITIBI TÉMISCAMINGUE   (Canada)

^g TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY IN ZVOLEN   (Slovakia)

^h CZECH UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES PRAGUE   (Czech Republic)

ⁱ FORESTRY AND FOREST PRODUCTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^j LEIBNIZ CENTRE FOR AGRICULTURAL LANDSCAPE RESEARCH ZALF   (Germany)

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Author keywords

boreal; bryophytes; carbon; coarse woody debris; disturbance history; litter; moss; paludification

Indexed keywords

EID: 84940003376     PISSN: 14329840     EISSN: 14350629     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10021-015-9850-4     Document Type: Article

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