Nutrient fluxes via litterfall and leaf litter decomposition vary across a gradient of soil nutrient supply in a lowland tropical rain forest

Plant and Soil

Volumn 288, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 197-215

  Dent, Daisy H ^a,c   Bagchi, Robert ^a   Robinson, David ^a   Majalap Lee, Noreen ^b   Burslem, David F R P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b FOREST RESEARCH CENTRE   (Malaysia)

^c ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Habitat association; Nutrient cycling; Plant soil interactions; Sepilok Forest Reserve; Soil fertility gradient

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DECOMPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; FLORISTICS; FOREST HEALTH; LEAF LITTER; LITTERFALL; LOWLAND ENVIRONMENT; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PLANT COMMUNITY; RAINFALL; RAINFOREST; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; SOIL FERTILITY; SOIL NUTRIENT; SOIL-VEGETATION INTERACTION; TROPICAL FOREST;

ASIA; EAST MALAYSIA; EURASIA; MALAYSIA; SABAH; SEPILOK FOREST RESERVE; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

EID: 33750473707     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-006-9108-1     Document Type: Article

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