Annual budget and seasonal variation of aboveground and belowground net primary productivity in a lowland dipterocarp forest in Borneo

Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences

Volumn 118, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 1282-1296

  Kho, Lip Khoon ^a   Malhi, Yadvinder ^b   Tan, Sylvester Kheng San ^c  

^a Stesen Penyelidikan MPOB ^*  (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

Author keywords

aboveground and belowground biomass; Borneo; carbon; lowland dipterocarp forest; moisture; net primary productivity

Indexed keywords

ABOVEGROUND PRODUCTION; ANNUAL VARIATION; BELOWGROUND PRODUCTION; BIOMASS ALLOCATION; CARBON BUDGET; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FINE ROOT; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; LOWLAND ENVIRONMENT; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SANDY LOAM; SEASONAL VARIATION; TROPICAL FOREST; WATER STRESS;

BORNEO;

EID: 84886654495     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21698961     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jgrg.20109     Document Type: Article

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