Does soil variation between rainforest, pasture and different reforestation pathways affect the early growth of rainforest pioneer species?

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 260, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 370-377

  Paul, Miriam ^a   Catterall, Carla P ^a   Pollard, Peter C ^a   Kanowski, John ^a,b  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN WILDLIFE CONSERVANCY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Pioneer species; Rainforest restoration; Seedling growth; Soil properties

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL PROPERTIES; COVARIATES; EARLY GROWTH; EASTERN AUSTRALIA; ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION; EXPONENTIAL GROWTH; GROUND VEGETATION; LITTLE RESEARCH; MAIN EFFECT; NITRATE NITROGEN; NON-NATIVE; PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL CHARACTERISTICS; PIONEER SPECIES; RAINFOREST SOILS; REFERENCE SITES; SEEDLING GROWTH; SOIL CONDITIONS; SOIL PH; SOIL PROPERTY; SOIL VARIATION; TREE SPECIES;

AGRICULTURE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE (ANOVA); DEFORESTATION; PH EFFECTS; REFORESTATION; RESTORATION; REVEGETATION; VEGETATION;

SOILS;

DEFORESTATION; DOMINANCE; GROWTH RATE; INVASIVE SPECIES; NITROGEN COMPOUND; PASTURE; PH; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; PIONEER SPECIES; RAINFOREST; REFORESTATION; REGENERATION; REGROWTH; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SEEDLING; SHRUB; SITE EFFECT; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TREE PLANTING; VARIANCE ANALYSIS; VEGETATION TYPE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DEFORESTATION; FORESTS; GROWTH; PH; PLANTS; REFORESTATION; RESTORATION; SEEDLINGS; SOIL; SOIL ANALYSIS; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 77954817079     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2010.04.029     Document Type: Article

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