Effects of light and soil flooding on the growth and photosynthesis of ramin (Gonystylus bancanus) seedlings in Malaysia

Journal of Tropical Forest Science

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 54-63

  Jans, W W P ^a   Dibor, L ^b   Verwer, C ^a   Kruijt, B ^a   Tan, S ^b   Van Der Meer, P J ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b FOREST RESEARCH CENTRE   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Drainage.; Natural regeneration; Peat swamp forest

Indexed keywords

CANOPY GAPS; DRAINED SOILS; ECOPHYSIOLOGY; EXPERIMENTAL SETUP; FINE ROOTS; FLOODED CONDITIONS; FLOODED SOIL; FOREST RESEARCH; LIGHT CONDITIONS; LIGHT INTERCEPTION; LIGHT LEVEL; MALAYSIA; NATURAL REGENERATION; PEAT SOILS; PEAT SWAMP FOREST; PEAT SWAMPS; PHOTOSYNTHETIC CAPACITY; RELATIVE GROWTH RATE; ROOT BIOMASS; SARAWAK; SEEDLING GROWTH; SELECTIVE LOGGING; SOIL FLOODING;

DRAINAGE; PEAT; REFORESTATION; SEED; SOILS; WETLANDS;

ECOLOGY;

ADAPTATION; CARBON; DRAINAGE; ECOPHYSIOLOGY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FLOODING; GROWTH; GROWTH RATE; HYDROLOGY; INTERCEPTION; LIGHT EFFECT; LIMITING FACTOR; NUMERICAL MODEL; PEAT SOIL; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; REGENERATION; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SEEDLING; SHRUB; SOIL TYPE; SWAMP;

DRAINAGE; ECOLOGY; FLOODING; GONYSTYLUS; LIGHT; MALAYSIA; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; REFORESTATION; SEEDLINGS; SOIL; WETLANDS;

EAST MALAYSIA; KUCHING; MALAYSIA; SARAWAK;

GONYSTYLUS BANCANUS;

EID: 84856090572     PISSN: 01281283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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