Site conditions affect seedling distribution below and outside the crown of Kauri trees (Agathis australis)

New Zealand Journal of Ecology

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 13-21

  Verkaik, Eric ^a   Gardner, Rhys O ^b   Braakhekke, Wim G ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b AUCKLAND WAR MEMORIAL MUSEUM   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Agathis australis; Kauri; New Zealand; Plant competition; Plant soil feedback; Seedling survival

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSPERM; CANOPY ARCHITECTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; LIGHT INTENSITY; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; SOIL NITROGEN; SOIL-VEGETATION INTERACTION; SURVIVORSHIP;

AUSTRALASIA; NEW ZEALAND;

AGATHIS AUSTRALIS; MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

EID: 36048987757     PISSN: 01106465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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