Forest productivity and efficiency of resource use across a chronosequence of tropical montane soils

Ecosystems

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 242-254

  Herbert, Darrell A ^a,c   Fownes, James H ^b,c  

^a ECOSYSTEMS CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronosequence; Light interception; Montane tropical forest; Nutrient use efficiency; Productivity; Soil respiration

Indexed keywords

METROSIDEROS POLYMORPHA;

EID: 0032808639     PISSN: 14329840     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s100219900072     Document Type: Article

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