Replicated throughfall exclusion experiment in an Indonesian perhumid rainforest: Wood production, litter fall and fine root growth under simulated drought

Global Change Biology

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1481-1497

  Moser, Gerald ^a,b   Schuldt, Bernhard ^b   Hertel, Dietrich ^b   Horna, Viviana ^b   Coners, Heinz ^b   Barus, Henry ^c   Leuschner, Christoph ^b  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^c TADULAKO UNIVERSITY   (Indonesia)

Author keywords

Drought sensitivity of growth; Fine root mortality; Paleotropis; Perhumid climate; Roof experiment; Soil desiccation; Tree mortality

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DESICCATION; DROUGHT; DROUGHT STRESS; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GROWTH RESPONSE; LITTERFALL; RAINFOREST; ROOTING; THROUGHFALL;

AMAZONIA; GREATER SUNDA ISLANDS; SULAWESI; SUNDA ISLES;

CARBON;

ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; CARBON CYCLE; DROUGHT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INDONESIA; METABOLISM; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; RAIN FOREST; SEASON; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TREE; WOOD;

CARBON; CARBON CYCLE; DROUGHTS; INDONESIA; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT ROOTS; RAINFOREST; SEASONS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TREES; WOOD;

EID: 84898484912     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/gcb.12424     Document Type: Article

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