The effects of belowground resources on aboveground allometric growth in Bornean tree species

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 261, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1820-1832

  Heineman, Katherine D ^a   Jensen, Ethan ^a   Shapland, Autumn ^a   Bogenrief, Brett ^a   Tan, Sylvester ^c   Rebarber, Richard ^b   Russo, Sabrina E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^c FOREST RESEARCH CENTRE   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Crown architecture; Crown area expansion; Height growth; Resource competition; Resource gradients; Tree growth models; Tree growth strategies

Indexed keywords

CROWN ARCHITECTURE; CROWN AREA; HEIGHT GROWTH; RESOURCE COMPETITION; RESOURCE GRADIENTS; TREE GROWTH MODELS; TREE GROWTH STRATEGIES;

ARCHITECTURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPETITION; ECOSYSTEMS; GROWTH RATE; POPULATION STATISTICS; SOIL CONDITIONERS; SOILS; STABILITY; STRATEGIC PLANNING; TROPICS;

REFORESTATION;

BELOWGROUND BIOMASS; CANOPY ARCHITECTURE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CLAY LOAM; CLIMATE CHANGE; COEXISTENCE; DIAMETER; GENERALIST; GROWTH RATE; GROWTH RESPONSE; HETEROGENEITY; REGENERATION; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; SANDY LOAM; SOIL ECOSYSTEM; TROPICAL FOREST; UNDERSTORY;

BORNEO;

EID: 79955041832     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2011.02.005     Document Type: Article

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