A comparison of the soil water, nutrient status, and litterfall characteristics of tropical heath and mixed-dipterocarp forest sites in Brunei

Biotropica

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 2-13

  Moran, Jonathan A ^a,c   Barker, Martin G ^a,d   Moran, Alison J ^a,c   Becker, Peter ^a   Ross, Sheila M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITI BRUNEI DARUSSALAM   (Brunei Darussalam)

^b Yorkshire House   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Borneo; Dipterocarp forest; Heath forest; Litterfall; Nutrient cycling; Soil water

Indexed keywords

BRUNEI DARUSSALAM; CALCIUM; DIPTEROCARP FOREST; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; LITTERFALL; MAGNESIUM; NUTRIENT CONCENTRATION; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PHOSPHORUS; SOIL WATER POTENTIAL; TROPICAL RAIN FOREST; TROPICS;

LITTERFALL; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; SOIL WATER;

EID: 0034013326     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.2000.tb00442.x     Document Type: Article

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