Soil nutrients and beta diversity in the Bornean Dipterocarpaceae: Evidence for niche partitioning by tropical rain forest trees

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 157-170

  Paoli, Gary D ^a   Curran, Lisa M ^b   Zak, Donald R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b Yale School of the Environment   (United States)

Author keywords

Diversity; Dominance; Magnesium; Mass effects; Mesoscale; Neutral; niche; Phosphorus; Shorea

Indexed keywords

NICHE PARTITIONING; RAINFOREST; SOIL NUTRIENT; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ASIA; BORNEO; EURASIA; MALAY ARCHIPELAGO; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

DIPTEROCARPACEAE; DIPTEROCARPUS; SHOREA;

EID: 33645051944     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: 13652745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2745.2005.01077.x     Document Type: Article

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