Litter production, decomposition and nutrient return of uplifted coral reef tropical forest

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 235, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 174-185

  Liao, Jiung Hao ^a   Wang, Hsiang Hua ^b   Tsai, Chen Chi ^c   Hseu, Zeng Yei ^a  

^a NATIONAL PINGTUNG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^b TAIWAN FORESTRY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Litter decomposition; Litter nutrient release; Litterfall; Tropical forest; Uplifted coral reef

Indexed keywords

LITTER DECOMPOSITION; LITTERFALL; TROPICAL FOREST; UPLIFTED CORAL REEF;

BIODIVERSITY; DECOMPOSITION; ECOLOGY; NUTRITION;

FORESTRY;

CORAL REEF; DECOMPOSITION; HABITAT TYPE; LEAF LITTER; LITTERFALL; TROPICAL FOREST;

BIODIVERSITY; DECAY; ECOLOGY; FOREST LITTER; NUTRITION;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; TAIWAN;

AGLAIA; ANTHOZOA; BISCHOFIA JAVANICA; DIOSPYROS; DIOSPYROS VIRGINIANA; EBENACEAE; EUPHORBIA; EUPHORBIACEAE; FICUS BENJAMINA; MACARANGA; MELANOLEPIS MULTIGLANDULOSA; PALAQUIUM; PALAQUIUM FORMOSANUM; PISONIA UMBELLIFERA; PLANCHONELLA OBOVATA; POUTERIA;

EID: 33749532079     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2006.08.010     Document Type: Article

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