Forest aboveground biomass along an elevational transect in Sulawesi, Indonesia, and the role of Fagaceae in tropical montane rain forests

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 960-974

  Culmsee, Heike ^a   Leuschner, Christoph ^a   Moser, Gerald ^a   Pitopang, Ramadhanil ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b TADULAKO UNIVERSITY   (Indonesia)

Author keywords

Aboveground biomass; Biogeography; Celebes; Elevation; Fagaceae; Phylogenetic diversity; REDD; Sulawesi; Tropical montane forest

Indexed keywords

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; DICOTYLEDON; FLORISTICS; FOREST CANOPY; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MONTANE FOREST; OLD-GROWTH FOREST; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; TRADE-OFF;

CENTRAL SULAWESI; INDONESIA; LORE LINDU NATIONAL PARK;

CASTANOPSIS; CONIFEROPHYTA; EUROSIDS I; FAGACEAE; FILICOPHYTA; LITHOCARPUS; MAGNOLIIDS; PODOCARPACEAE; TRIMENIACEAE;

EID: 77953110446     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: 13652699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2009.02269.x     Document Type: Article

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