Soil nutrients affect spatial patterns of aboveground biomass and emergent tree density in southwestern Borneo

Oecologia

Volumn 155, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 287-299

  Paoli, Gary D ^a,b   Curran, Lisa M ^c   Slik, J W F ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b Indonesian Resource Institute   (Indonesia)

^c Yale School of the Environment   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITEIT LEIDEN BRANCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Carbon sequestration; Dipterocarpaceae; Land use change; Nutrient limitation; Phosphorus

Indexed keywords

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; BASAL AREA; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; PHOSPHORUS; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SOIL FERTILITY; SOIL NUTRIENT; SPATIAL VARIATION; STAND STRUCTURE; TREE; TROPICAL FOREST;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMASS; BORNEO; GEOGRAPHY; SOIL; TREE; TROPIC CLIMATE;

BIOMASS; BORNEO; GEOGRAPHY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SOIL; TREES; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

DIPTEROCARPACEAE;

EID: 39249084349     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-007-0906-9     Document Type: Article

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