Mortality and growth of trees in peat-swamp and heath forests in Central Kalimantan after severe drought

Plant Ecology

Volumn 188, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 165-177

  Nishimua, T B ^a   Suzuki, E ^b   Kohyama, T ^c   Tsuyuzaki, S ^c  

^a Yokohama Institute for Earth Sciences   (Japan)

^b KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Lowland forest; Microtopography; Periodic flooding; Seasonality; Stand structure; Tree distribution

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DROUGHT RESISTANCE; DROUGHT STRESS; GROWTH RATE; HEATHLAND; MORTALITY; STAND STRUCTURE; SWAMP FOREST;

ASIA; CENTRAL KALIMANTAN; EURASIA; INDONESIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

EID: 33846177857     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11258-006-9154-z     Document Type: Article

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