Holocene boundary dynamics of a northern Australian monsoon rainforest patch inferred from isotopic analysis of carbon, (14C and δ13C) and nitrogen (δ15N) in soil organic matter

Austral Ecology

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 605-612

  Bowman, D M J S ^a   Cook, G D ^b   Zoppi, U ^c  

^a CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c Environ Australian Nucl Sci T   (Australia)

Author keywords

Carbon stable isotopes; Eucalypt savanna; Forest boundary dynamics; Monsoon rainforest; Nitrogen stable isotopes; Soil organic matter

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPE; ECOLOGICAL ZONATION; ECOTONE; HOLOCENE; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; RAINFOREST; SAVANNA; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; CROKER ISLAND; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; NORTHERN TERRITORY; WORLD;

MEGAPODIUS FREYCINET; MEGAPODIUS REINWARDT;

EID: 3543143821     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.2004.01394.x     Document Type: Article

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