Soil dilution as a surrogate for root competition: Effects on growth of seedlings of Australian tropical rainforest trees

Functional Ecology

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 223-231

  Metcalfe, D J ^a,b,c   Grubb, P J ^b   Metcalfe, S S ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRIGHTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Nutrient supply; Relative growth rate; Seedlings; Shade; Woody species

Indexed keywords

DILUTION; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; RAINFOREST; ROOT COMPETITION; SOIL FERTILITY;

AUSTRALIA;

ELAEOCARPUS; ELAEOCARPUS GRANDIS;

EID: 0036248176     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2435.2002.00614.x     Document Type: Article

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