Foliar chemistry and standing folivory of early and late-successional species in a Bornean rainforest

Plant Ecology and Diversity

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 245-256

  Peñuelas, Josep ^a,b   Sardans, Jordi ^a,b   Llusia, Joan ^a,b   Silva, Jorge ^a,b   Owen, Susan M ^a,c   Bala Ola, Bernadus ^d   Linatoc, Alona C ^e   Dalimin, Mohamed N ^e   Niinemets, Ülo ^f  

^a CSIC   (Spain)

^b CREAF   (Spain)

^c CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^d Royal Society SEARRP   (Malaysia)

^e UNIVERSITI TUN HUSSEIN ONN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^f ESTONIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Estonia)

Author keywords

biogeochemical niche; ecological stoichiometry; foliar elemental concentration; growth rate hypothesis; herbivory; leaf mass area; N:P; phenolics; rainforest; successional stages; tannins; trace elements

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879189558     PISSN: 17550874     EISSN: 17551668     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17550874.2013.768713     Document Type: Article

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