Growth responses of five forest plant species to the soils formed beneath New Zealand kauri (Agathis australis)

New Zealand Journal of Botany

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 411-421

  Wyse, S V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Araucariaceae; Ecosystem engineer; Kauri; New Zealand; Soil chemistry

Indexed keywords

BROAD-LEAVED FOREST; COEXISTENCE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CONIFEROUS TREE; DECIDUOUS TREE; ECOSYSTEM ENGINEERING; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FOREST SOIL; GROWTH RESPONSE; NITROGEN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PLANT COMMUNITY; SOIL CHEMISTRY; SOIL PROFILE; SOIL TYPE;

NEW ZEALAND;

AGATHIS AUSTRALIS; ARAUCARIACEAE; COROKIA; DACRYDIUM CUPRESSINUM; GENIOSTOMA; HIBISCUS TILIACEUS; MELICYTUS RAMIFLORUS;

EID: 84876262120     PISSN: 0028825X     EISSN: 11758643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0028825X.2012.724428     Document Type: Article

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