Leaf functional traits and functional diversity of multistoried agroforests in West Java, Indonesia

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 149, Issue , 2012, Pages 91-99

  Okubo, Satoru ^a   Tomatsu, Akari ^a   Parikesit, ^b   Muhamad, Dendi ^a,b   Harashina, Koji ^c   Takeuchi, Kazuhiko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b PADJADJARAN UNIVERSITY   (Indonesia)

^c IWATE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Differential light resource use; Functional diversity; Intracanopy plasticity; Leaf nitrogen concentration; Product types; Specific leaf area

Indexed keywords

AGROFORESTRY; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; COMMERCIALIZATION; CROP PRODUCTION; CULTIVAR; DATA SET; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; FUNCTIONAL CHANGE; LEAF; LEAF AREA; LIGHT AVAILABILITY; MIXED FARMING; NITROGEN; PERENNIAL PLANT; RAINFOREST; RESOURCE USE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TRADITIONAL AGRICULTURE;

INDONESIA; WEST JAVA;

PHYLLOSTACHYS BAMBUSOIDES;

EID: 84855885852     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2011.12.017     Document Type: Article

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