The Sabah Biodiversity Experiment: A long-term test of the role of tree diversity in restoring tropical forest structure and functioning

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 366, Issue 1582, 2011, Pages 3303-3315

  Hector, Andy ^a   Philipson, Christopher ^a   Saner, Philippe ^a   Chamagne, Juliette ^a   Dzulkifli, Dzaeman ^a   O'Brien, Michael ^a   Snaddon, Jake L ^b   Ulok, Philip ^c   Weilenmann, Maja ^a   Reynolds, Glen ^a,c   Godfray, H Charles J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c Danum Valley Field Centre   (Malaysia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dipterocarpaceae; Ecosystem functioning; Enrichment planting; Sabah biodiversity experiment; Selectively logged forest; Species richness

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; HABITAT RESTORATION; LONG-TERM CHANGE; RAINFOREST; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SELECTIVE LOGGING; SPECIES RICHNESS;

BORNEO; EAST MALAYSIA; MALAYSIA; SABAH;

DIPTEROCARPACEAE;

EID: 80054683952     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2011.0094     Document Type: Article

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