Aboveground and belowground effects of single-tree removals in New Zealand Rain Forest

Ecology

Volumn 89, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1232-1245

  Wardle, David A ^a,b   Wiser, Susan K ^b   Allen, Robert B ^b   Doherty, James E ^c   Bonner, Karen I ^b   Williamson, Wendy M ^d  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^c Tuhoe Tuawhenua Trust ^*  (New Zealand)

^d ESR Christchurch Science Centre   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Dacrydium cupressinum; Microbial community; New Zealand; Removal experiment; Rimu; Selective logging; Single tree harvesting; Species effects

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; GYMNOSPERM; HARVESTING; HUMUS; LITTER; MEASUREMENT METHOD; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; RAINFOREST; SPECIES DIVERSITY; VEGETATION COVER;

AUSTRALASIA; NEW ZEALAND;

DACRYDIUM CUPRESSINUM; FILICOPHYTA; GYMNOSPERMAE;

ARTICLE; CLIMATE; CONIFER; ECOSYSTEM; MICROBIOLOGY; NEW ZEALAND; PHYSIOLOGY; TREE;

CLIMATE; CONIFEROPHYTA; ECOSYSTEM; NEW ZEALAND; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; TREES;

EID: 46749128558     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/07-1543.1     Document Type: Article

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