Does leaf-level nutrient-use efficiency explain Nothofagus-dominance of some tropical rain forests in New Caledonia?

Plant Ecology

Volumn 201, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 51-66

  Chatain, Alex ^a   Read, Jennifer ^a   Jaffré, Tanguy ^b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (New Caledonia)

Author keywords

Decomposition; Litter; Monodominance; Resorption

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DECOMPOSITION; DICOTYLEDON; DOMINANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; GROWTH RESPONSE; LEAF LITTER; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NICKEL; NUTRIENT USE EFFICIENCY; RAINFOREST; REGENERATION; RESORPTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TANNIN; TROPICAL FOREST;

MELANESIA; NEW CALEDONIA [MELANESIA]; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN;

NOTHOFAGUS;

EID: 59849090125     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11258-008-9477-z     Document Type: Article

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