Variation in canopy structure, light and soil nutrition across elevation of a Sri Lankan tropical rain forest

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 256, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1339-1349

  Ediriweera, Sisira ^a   Singhakumara, B M P ^a   Ashton, Mark S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SRI JAYEWARDENEPURA   (Sri Lanka)

^b Yale School of the Environment   (United States)

Author keywords

Aluminum; Calcium; Dipterocarpus; Disturbance; Gap dynamics; Mesua; Mixed dipterocarp forest; Monsoon; PPF; Regeneration; Shorea; Sinharaja; Soil moisture; Sri Lanka

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ALUMINUM; CALCIUM; COCHANNEL INTERFERENCE; DROUGHT; EARTH SCIENCES; FORESTRY; GALLIUM ALLOYS; GEOLOGY; GROUNDWATER; HEALTH; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; LANDFORMS; MOISTURE; MOISTURE DETERMINATION; PERMITTIVITY; PHOTOGRAPHY; RAIN; SEMICONDUCTING CADMIUM TELLURIDE; SOIL MOISTURE; SOILS; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; UNDERWATER SOILS; WATER CONTENT;

ABIOTIC VARIABLES; BASAL AREA; CANOPY COVER; CANOPY GAPS; CANOPY HEIGHTS; CANOPY OPENING; CANOPY STRUCTURES; DIPTEROCARP; DIPTEROCARPUS; DISTURBANCE; DRY SEASONS; FOREST LANDSCAPES; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FOREST STRUCTURES; FOREST UNDERSTORY; GAP DYNAMICS; HEMISPHERICAL PHOTOGRAPHS; LIGHT RESOURCES; LIGHT SENSORS; MESUA; MICROSITES; MIXED DIPTEROCARP FOREST; MONSOON; NATURAL DISTURBANCES; PHOTOSYNTHETICALLY ACTIVE RADIATION; PPF; RAIN FORESTS; REGENERATION; RESOURCE AVAILABILITIES; SHOREA; SINHARAJA; SOIL MOISTURE AVAILABILITY; SOIL MOISTURE CONTENT; SOIL NUTRIENTS; SOIL NUTRITION; SOIL WATER CONTENT; SOIL-WATER AVAILABILITY; SRI LANKA; STAND BASAL AREA; TOPOGRAPHIC POSITIONS; TROPICAL RAIN; VALLEY SITES; WET TROPICS;

SOIL SURVEYS;

ALUMINUM; CALCIUM; CANOPY ARCHITECTURE; CANOPY GAP; DICOTYLEDON; DRY SEASON; ELEVATION; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FOREST MANAGEMENT; GAP DYNAMICS; PH; PHOTOSYNTHETICALLY ACTIVE RADIATION; RAINFOREST; REGENERATION; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL NUTRIENT; SOIL WATER; UNDERSTORY;

ALUMINUM; CALCIUM; DROUGHT; FORESTS; GEOLOGY; GROUND WATER; LIGHT; MAGNESIUM; MOISTURE; NUTRITION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; POTASSIUM; RADIATION; RAIN; SOIL; WATER;

ASIA; EURASIA; SOUTH ASIA; SRI LANKA;

DIPTEROCARPUS; MESUA; SHOREA;

EID: 49749122990     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2008.06.035     Document Type: Article

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