Diameter growth performance varies with species functional-group and habitat characteristics in subtropical rainforests

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 225, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 1-14

  Kariuki, Maina ^a   Rolfe, Margaret ^a   Smith, R G B ^b   Vanclay, J K ^a   Kooyman, Robert M ^c,d  

^a SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b State Forests of New South Wales   (Australia)

^c ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS AND DOMAIN TRUST   (Australia)

^d Botanic Gardens Trust   (Australia)

Author keywords

Environmental gradients; Functional group compositions; Growth rate; Logging regimes

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY; LIGHTING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOILS;

ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENTS; FUNCTIONAL-GROUP COMPOSITIONS; GROWTH RATE; LOGGING REGIMES;

BIODIVERSITY;

DIAMETER; DISTURBANCE; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; GROWTH; HABITAT TYPE; RAINFOREST;

BIODIVERSITY; FORESTS; GROWTH; ILLUMINATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOIL;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; NEW SOUTH WALES;

EID: 33645100582     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2005.07.016     Document Type: Article

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