Buttress form of the central African rain forest tree Microberlinia bisulcata, and its possible role in nutrient acquisition

Trees - Structure and Function

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 219-234

  Newbery, David M ^a   Schwan, Sarah ^a   Chuyong, George B ^b   Van Der Burgt, Xander M ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BUEA   (Cameroon)

^c ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Buttresses; Nutrient exploration; Rain forest; Structural support; Surface rooting

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE RESISTANCE; FORESTRY; MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS; PHOSPHORUS; RAIN; SOILS; TROPICS;

BUTTRESSES; CAMEROON; COMPETITIVE ABILITIES; DOMINANT SPECIES; ECTOMYCORRHIZAL; FINE ROOTS; LATERAL EXTENSIONS; NUTRIENT ACQUISITIONS; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITIES; NUTRIENT CYCLING; RAIN FOREST; SANDY SOILS; SPATIAL EXTENSIONS; STRUCTURAL SUPPORT; THIN SURFACE LAYERS; TREE SIZES; TREE SPECIES; TROPICAL TREE SPECIES; TROPICAL TREES;

NUTRIENTS;

EXPLORATION; FORESTRY; MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS; NUTRIENTS; PHOSPHORUS; RAIN; RESISTANCE; ROOTING; SOIL; TREES; TROPICS;

MICROBERLINIA BISULCATA;

EID: 62449247073     PISSN: 09311890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00468-008-0270-3     Document Type: Article

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