Total distribution of plant nutrients in a tropical rainforest ecosystem, Sabah, Malaysia

Ambio

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 152-157

  Nykvist, Nils ^a  

^a NONE   (Sweden)

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Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CALCIUM; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PLANT NUTRIENT; RAINFOREST; SOIL; SOIL CHEMISTRY;

MALAYASIA, SABAH;

EID: 0030613708     PISSN: 00447447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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38. This investigation was funded by the Swedish Agency for Research Cooperation with Developing Countries (SAREC) and Sabah Forest Industries Sdn Bhd (SFI). Thanks are also due to Sim Boon Liang, research and development manager at SFI; Fui Khiong Wong, soil officer at SFI; and Ove Emteryd and the staff at the Environmental Research Laboratory in Umeå for chemical analyses of soil and plants. Valuable comments on the manuscript were provided by Drs Harald Grip and Anders Malmer and two anonymous reviewers.
39. First submitted 25 September 1995. Accepted for publication after revision 31 January 1996.