Complementary resource use by tree species in a rain forest tree plantation

Ecological Applications

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1237-1254

  Richards, Anna E ^a,b,c   Schmidt, Susanne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b Research School of Biological Sciences   (Australia)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Castanospermum australe; Elaeocarpus angustifolius; Grevillea robusta; MAESTRA; Nutrient cycling; Nutrient use efficiency; Tree mixtures

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ECOPHYSIOLOGY; EVERGREEN TREE; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; LEGUME; LITTER; MONOCULTURE; NATIVE SPECIES; NUTRIENT CYCLING; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; NUTRIENT USE EFFICIENCY; PLANTATION; RAINFOREST; RESOURCE USE; SHADE TOLERANCE; SHRUB; SOIL NUTRIENT; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SUBTROPICAL REGION; TIMBER; TREE;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; TREE; TROPIC CLIMATE;

BIODIVERSITY; TREES; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

AUSTRALIA;

CASTANOSPERMUM AUSTRALE; ELAEOCARPUS ANGUSTIFOLIUS; GREVILLEA ROBUSTA;

EID: 77954331728     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/09-1180.1     Document Type: Article

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