Formation and closure of canopy gaps in the rain forest at Nouragues, French Guiana

Vegetatio

Volumn 126, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 167-179

  Van Der Meer, P J ^a,b   Bongers, F ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Centre for Forest Tree Technology   (Australia)

Author keywords

Canopy gaps; Canopy openness; French Guiana; Gap closure; Gap formation; Hemispherical photographs; Rain forest; Shallow soils; Spatial patterns

Indexed keywords

CANOPY GAP; GAP DYNAMICS; RAINFOREST;

FRENCH GUIANA, NOURAGUES;

EID: 0030302404     PISSN: 00423106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf00045602     Document Type: Article

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