Responses to simulated drought and elevated nutrient supply among shade-tolerant tree seedlings of lowland tropical forest in Singapore

Biotropica

Volumn 28, Issue 4 A, 1996, Pages 636-648

  Burslem, D F R P ^a,c   Grubb, P J ^a   Turner, I M ^b  

^a Department of Plant Sciences ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Drought response; Lowland tropical forest; Nutrient response; Plant physiological ecology; Shade tolerant seedlings; Singapore; Tree seedling growth; Water relations

Indexed keywords

ANTIDESMA; ANTIDESMA CUSPIDATUM; VATICA; VATICA MAINGAYI; DIPTEROCARPACEAE; EUPHORBIACEAE;

DROUGHT; NUTRIENT; RAINFOREST; SHADE TOLERANCE;

SINGAPORE;

EID: 0030318795     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2389050     Document Type: Article

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