Seedling growth response of two tropical tree species to nitrogen deposition in southern China

European Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 127, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 275-283

  Mo, Jiangming ^a   Li, Dejun ^a,b   Gundersen, Per ^c  

^a SOUTH CHINA INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^b GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^c DANISH FOREST LANDSCAPE RES INST   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Forest dynamic; Global change; Nitrogen deposition; Species N requirement; Tropics

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; FOREST DYNAMICS; FOREST SOIL; GLOBAL CHANGE; GROWTH RESPONSE; NITROGEN; SEEDLING;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

CRYPTOCARYA; CRYPTOCARYA CONCINNA; SCHIMA SUPERBA;

EID: 45449090220     PISSN: 16124669     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10342-008-0203-0     Document Type: Article

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