Influence of initial chemistry on decomposition of foliar litter in contrasting forest types in British Columbia

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1714-1729

  Prescott, C E ^a   Vesterdal, L ^b   Preston, C M ^c   Simard, S W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b DANISH FOREST LANDSCAPE RES INST   (Denmark)

^c LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; DECOMPOSITION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; NUTRITION;

DECAY RATES; FOLIAR LITTER; MASS LOSSES; NUTRIENT CONCENTRATIONS;

FORESTRY;

DECOMPOSITION; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; HABITAT TYPE; LITTER; PHYTOCHEMISTRY;

CARBON; DECAY; FORESTRY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; NUTRIENTS; SPECTROCHEMICAL ANALYSIS;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 8644266859     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/X04-040     Document Type: Article

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