On the detection of dynamic responses in a drought-perturbed tropical rainforest in Borneo

Plant Ecology

Volumn 201, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 267-290

  Lingenfelder, M ^a   Newbery, D M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Drought; Dynamics; Perturbation; Stem growth; Tree mortality; Validity

Indexed keywords

DICOTYLEDON; DROUGHT; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; FOREST DYNAMICS; GROWTH RATE; LOWLAND ENVIRONMENT; MORTALITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RAINFOREST; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); TOPOGRAPHY; TROPICAL FOREST;

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

EID: 59849127480     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11258-008-9568-x     Document Type: Article

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