Climatic conditions and tropical montane forest productivity: The fog has not lifted yet

Ecology

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 3-9

  Bruijnzeel, L A ^a   Veneklaas, E J ^b,c  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c Ctro Internacional de Agri Trop   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Carbon balance; Cloud forest; Evapotranspiration; Leaf chemistry; Leaf structure; Leaf area index; Lower cf. upper; Montane rain forest; Soil moisture; Tropical montane cloud forest

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; CLOUD FOREST; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 0031659065     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(1998)079[0003:CCATMF]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Review

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