A Tropical freshwater wetland: I. structure, growth, and regeneration

Wetlands Ecology and Management

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 657-669

  Allen, James A ^a,b   Krauss, Ken W ^a,c   Ewel, Katherine C ^a   Keeland, Bobby D ^c   Waguk, Erick E ^d  

^a PACIFIC SOUTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^b PAUL SMITH S COLLEGE   (United States)

^c NATIONAL WETLANDS RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^d Kosrae Island Resource Management Authority   (Federated States of Micronesia)

Author keywords

Coarse woody debris; Dendrometry; Disturbance; Endemism; Fertility; Horsfieldia nunu; Kosrae; Micronesia; Soils; Species diversity; Terminalia carolinensis

Indexed keywords

FOREST ECOSYSTEM; GROWTH; NUTRIENT; REGENERATION; STAND STRUCTURE; WETLAND;

CAROLINE ISLANDS; FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA; KOSRAE; MICRONESIA; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN;

HORSFIELDIA NUNU; TERMINALIA; TERMINALIA CAROLINENSIS;

EID: 28444491834     PISSN: 09234861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11273-005-0964-x     Document Type: Article

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