Assessing the response of plant functional types to climatic change in tropical forests

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 405-416

  Condit, Richard ^a   Hubbell, Stephen P ^a,b   Foster, Robin B ^a,c  

^a SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Demography; Growth form; Moisture requirement; Phenology; Tropical tree

Indexed keywords

CLIMATIC CHANGE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; FUNCTIONAL TYPE; TROPICAL FOREST;

PANAMA;

EID: 0029660494     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3236284     Document Type: Article

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