Spatial associations of humus, nutrients and soils in mixed dipterocarp forest at Lambir, Sarawak, Malaysian Borneo

Journal of Tropical Ecology

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 543-553

  Baillie, I C ^a,f   Ashton, P S ^b   Chin, S P ^c   Davies, S J ^b   Palmiotto, P A ^d   Russo, S E ^b   Tan, S ^e  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Agriculture Research Centre   (Malaysia)

^d ANTIOCH UNIVERSITY NEW ENGLAND   (United States)

^e Forest Department Sarawak   (Malaysia)

^f CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Borneo; Dipterocarp forest; Humus; Litter; Reserve nutrients; Stoichiometry; Weathering

Indexed keywords

DATA SET; HUMUS; MAGNESIUM; MIXED FOREST; MORPHOLOGY; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; OLIGOTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; POTASSIUM; SANDSTONE; SOIL;

ASIA; EAST MALAYSIA; EURASIA; LAMBIR HILLS NATIONAL PARK; MALAYSIA; SARAWAK; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

EID: 33746603613     PISSN: 02664674     EISSN: 14697831     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S026646740600352X     Document Type: Article

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