Juvenile tree growth rates and species sorting on fine-scale soil fertility gradients in a Chilean temperate rain forest

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 1011-1020

  Lusk, Christopher H ^a   Matus, Francisco ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE TALCA   (Chile)

Author keywords

Fitzroya cupressoides; Nitrogen mineralization; Nothofagus; Nutrient productivity; Plant competition; Soil fertility

Indexed keywords

GROWTH RATE; RAINFOREST; SOIL FERTILITY; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT; TREE;

CHILE;

CONIFEROPHYTA; FITZROYA; FITZROYA CUPRESSOIDES; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; NOTHOFAGUS; NOTHOFAGUS NITIDA; WEINMANNIA; WEINMANNIA TRICHOSPERMA;

EID: 0034511794     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2699.2000.00449.x     Document Type: Article

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