Floristics, stand structure and aboveground biomass of a 25-ha rainforest plot in the wet tropics of Australia

Journal of Tropical Forest Science

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 543-553

  Bradford, M G ^a   Metcalfe, D J ^a   Ford, A ^a   Liddell, M J ^b   McKeown, A ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Basal area; Climate change; Queensland; Robson Creek; Stem density

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; FORESTRY; TROPICS;

ANTHROPOGENIC INFLUENCE; BASAL AREA; DIAMETER-AT-BREAST HEIGHTS; LONG-TERM ECOLOGICAL RESEARCH; QUEENSLAND; ROBSON CREEK; STEM DENSITY; WET TROPICS OF AUSTRALIA;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BASAL AREA; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENDEMIC SPECIES; FLORISTICS; RAINFOREST; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STAND STRUCTURE;

AUSTRALIA; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTS; SEASONAL VARIATION; WETLANDS;

AUSTRALIA; QUEENSLAND;

EID: 84911143254     PISSN: 01281283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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