Survival and growth of seedlings of 12 Chilean rainforest trees in two light environments: Gas exchange and biomass distribution correlates

Austral Ecology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 173-182

  Lusk, Christopher H ^a   Del Pozo, Alejandro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

Author keywords

Light compensation point; Photosynthesis; Relative growth rate; Shade tolerance; Temperate rainforest; Tree life histories

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS ALLOCATION; GAS EXCHANGE; GROWTH; LIFE HISTORY; MORTALITY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; RAINFOREST; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; SHADE TOLERANCE;

CHILE; SOUTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ARISTOTELIA; ARISTOTELIA CHILENSIS; EUCRYPHIA; EUCRYPHIA CORDIFOLIA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; NOTHOFAGUS; NOTHOFAGUS DOMBEYI; WEINMANNIA; WEINMANNIA TRICHOSPERMA;

EID: 0000497717     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1442-9993.2002.01168.x     Document Type: Article

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