This paper concerns recycling of the major nutrients (N, P, Ca, Mg, Na and K) by litterfall, throughfall and stemΒ―ow in a dry sclerophyll eucalypt forest and a nearby Pinus radiata plantation of similar tree density and basal area. With the exception of Mg, the concentration of these nutrients in eu
Litterfall, litter and associated chemistry in a dry sclerophyll eucalypt forest and a pine plantation in south-eastern Australia: 1. Litterfall and litter
β Scribed by R. H. Crockford; D. P. Richardson
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1998
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 281 KB
- Volume
- 12
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0885-6087
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