Conifer and Angiosperm Fine-Root Biomass in Relation to Stand Age and Site Productivity in Douglas-Fir Forests
- 1 September 1987
- journal article
- research article
- Published by JSTOR in Journal of Ecology
- Vol. 75 (3) , 857-870
- https://doi.org/10.2307/2260210
Abstract
(1) Conifer and angiosperm fine-root biomass were determined in an age sequence (range 13-160 years) of eight high-productivity and seven low-productivity Dougl...This publication has 28 references indexed in Scilit:
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