Contrasting growth rate patterns in eighteen tree species from a post-hurricane forest in Nicaragua

Biotropica

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 151-161

  Vandermeer, John ^a   Granzow De La Cerda, Iñigo ^a   Boucher, Douglas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

Lowland rainforest; Nicaragua; Niche theory; Post hurricane succession; Regeneration strategies; Tree growth rates

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001335917     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.1997.tb00019.x     Document Type: Article

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