Tree diversity, composition, forest structure and aboveground biomass dynamics after single and repeated fire in a Bornean rain forest

Oecologia

Volumn 158, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 579-588

  Slik, J W Ferry ^a   Bernard, Caroline S ^b   Van Beek, Marloes ^b,c   Breman, Floris C ^d   Eichhorn, Karl A O ^e  

^a KEY LABORATORY OF TROPICAL FOREST ECOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITEIT LEIDEN BRANCH   (Netherlands)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d ROYAL MUSEUM FOR CENTRAL AFRICA   (Belgium)

^e Eichhorn Ecologie   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Burned forest regeneration; El Nino drought; Fire damage; Pioneer species; Recruitment

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DAMAGE; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; EL NINO; FIRE; FOREST FIRE; RAINFOREST; REGENERATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; STAND STRUCTURE; TROPICAL FOREST;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BORNEO; ECOSYSTEM; FIRE; TREE; TROPIC CLIMATE;

BIODIVERSITY; BORNEO; ECOSYSTEM; FIRES; TREES; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

ASIA; BORNEO; EURASIA; MALAY ARCHIPELAGO; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

EID: 55949120711     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-008-1163-2     Document Type: Article

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