Responses to nutrient addition among seedlings of eight closely related species of Shorea in Sri Lanka

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 301-311

  Gunatilleke, C V S ^a   Gunatilleke, I A U N ^a   Perera, G A D ^a   Burslem, D F R P ^b   Ashton, P M S ^c   Ashton, P S ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERADENIYA   (Sri Lanka)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^c Yale School of the Environment   (United States)

^d HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dry mass allocation; Magnesium; Nutrients; Phosphorus; Shorea section Doona; Sri Lanka; Tree seedlings; Tropical rain forest

Indexed keywords

DRY MATTER PRODUCTION; SEEDLING GROWTH;

SINHARAJA FOREST RESERVE; SRI LANKA;

CATENA; DIPTEROCARPACEAE; DOONA; SHOREA;

EID: 0030858887     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2960503     Document Type: Article

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