Habitat differentiation among tree species with small-scale variation of humus depth and topography in a tropical heath forest of Central Kalimantan, Indonesia

Journal of Tropical Ecology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 43-54

  Miyamoto, Kazuki ^a,d   Suzuki, Eizi ^b   Kohyama, Takashi ^a   Seino, Tatsuyuki ^a,e   Mirmanto, Edi ^c   Simbolon, Herwint ^c  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c INDONESIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCES   (Indonesia)

^d FORESTRY AND FOREST PRODUCTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^e KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Borneo; Humus podzol; Kerangas forest; Spatial distribution; Species diversity

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; HUMUS; MICROTOPOGRAPHY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TREE;

CENTRAL KALIMANTAN; INDONESIA;

EID: 0037270493     PISSN: 02664674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0266467403003067     Document Type: Article

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