Woody species diversity influences productivity and soil nutrient availability in tropical plantations

Oecologia

Volumn 154, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 521-533

  Firn, Jennifer ^a   Erskine, Peter D ^a   Lamb, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Ecosystem function; Forest restoration; Species richness

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; FOREST CANOPY; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PLANTATION; SECONDARY FOREST; SOIL NUTRIENT; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIODIVERSITY; PH; PHYSIOLOGY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SOIL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TREE; TROPIC CLIMATE;

AGRICULTURE; AUSTRALIA; BIODIVERSITY; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SOIL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TREES; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; QUEENSLAND;

AGATHIS ROBUSTA; ARAUCARIA CUNNINGHAMII; CILIOPHORA; FLINDERSIA BRAYLEYANA; GYMNOSPERMAE; PINUS CARIBAEA; TOONA CILIATA;

EID: 36448934883     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-007-0850-8     Document Type: Article

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