Responses of juvenile trees to above- and belowground competition in nutrient-starved Amazonian rain forest

Ecology

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 768-782

  Coomes, David A ^a,b   Grubb, Peter J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amazonian caatinga; Lowland tropical rain forest; Nitrogen; Root competition; Tropical forests

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; GROWTH RESPONSE; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; RAINFOREST; ROOT; TREE;

AMAZONIA; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 0031874180     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(1998)079[0768:ROJTTA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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