Conversion of native forest to exotic Pinus radiata plantation: Response of understorey plant composition using a plant functional trait approach

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 259, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 399-409

  Meers, Trevor L ^a   Kasel, Sabine ^a   Bell, Tina L ^a   Enright, Neal J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dispersal; Life form; Seed size; Shade tolerance; Specific leaf area

Indexed keywords

A PLANTS; ECTOMYCORRHIZAL; EUCALYPT FOREST; FOUR-GROUP; FUNCTIONAL TRAITS; GROWING CONDITIONS; HERBACEOUS PERENNIALS; IN-PLANTS; INDICATOR SPECIES; LEAF AREA; LIFE FORM; MINERAL NUTRIENTS; NATIVE FORESTS; NATIVE PLANTS; NATIVE SPECIES; NON-METRIC MULTI-DIMENSIONAL SCALING; NORTHERN HEMISPHERES; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; PINE PLANTATIONS; PINUS RADIATA; PLANT COMPOSITION; PLANT HEIGHT; PLANT SPECIES; SEED DISPERSAL; SEED MASS; SEED SIZE; SHADE TOLERANCE; SPECIFIC LEAF AREA; T-TESTS; TREES AND SHRUBS; UNDERSTOREY; UNDERSTOREY VEGETATION; VICTORIA , AUSTRALIA;

ATMOSPHERICS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FLUORINE CONTAINING POLYMERS; LAND USE; NUTRIENTS; OCEAN CURRENTS; SEED; VEGETATION;

FORESTRY;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; CONIFEROUS TREE; INVASIVE SPECIES; LEAF AREA; MYRMECOCHORY; NATIVE SPECIES; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; PLANTATION; SEED DISPERSAL; SEED SIZE; SHADE TOLERANCE; UNDERSTORY;

BIODIVERSITY; CLONES; EUCALYPTUS; FORESTS; LAND USE; NUTRIENTS; PINUS RADIATA; PLANTS; POLYMERS; SEEDS;

AUSTRALIA; DELATITE PENINSULA; VICTORIA [AUSTRALIA];

PINUS RADIATA;

EID: 72649083890     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2009.10.035     Document Type: Article

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