Low soil water and nutrient availability below New Zealand kauri (Agathis australis (D. Don) Lindl.) trees increase the relative fitness of kauri seedlings

Plant Ecology

Volumn 191, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 163-170

  Verkaik, E ^a   Berendse, F ^a   Gardner, R O ^b  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b AUCKLAND WAR MEMORIAL MUSEUM   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Forest succession; Plant competition; Plant soil interactions

Indexed keywords

EVERGREEN TREE; FITNESS; GYMNOSPERM; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; ROOT COMPETITION; SEEDLING; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL WATER; SOIL-VEGETATION INTERACTION; SUCCESSION;

AUSTRALASIA; NEW ZEALAND;

AGATHIS AUSTRALIS; GYMNOSPERMAE; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; MYRSINE AUSTRALIS;

EID: 34447095440     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11258-006-9234-0     Document Type: Article

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