Plurality of tree species responses to drought perturbation in Bornean tropical rain forest

Plant Ecology

Volumn 201, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 147-167

  Newbery, D M ^a   Lingenfelder, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Dynamics; Ecosystem; El Ni o; Resilience; Stem growth; Tree mortality

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY RESPONSE; DROUGHT STRESS; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; FOREST DYNAMICS; GROWTH RATE; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MORTALITY; RAINFOREST; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SOIL WATER; STOCHASTICITY; TROPICAL FOREST;

ASIA; EAST MALAYSIA; EURASIA; MALAYSIA; SABAH; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

EID: 59849085006     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11258-008-9533-8     Document Type: Article

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