Delimiting the gap phase in the growth cycle of a panamanian forest

Journal of Tropical Ecology

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 673-681

  Fraver, Shawn ^a   Brokaw, Nicholas V L ^b   Smith, Alan P ^c,d  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Manomet Center for Conservation Sciences   (United States)

^c SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^d Department of Biology   (United States)

Author keywords

Average daily global radiation; Desmopsis; Gap phase regeneration; Panama; Protium; Tetragastris; Treefall gap; Tropical forest

Indexed keywords

FOREST; GAP DYNAMICS; GROWTH; LIGHT INTENSITY; SEEDLING; SURVIVAL;

PANAMA;

DESMOPSIS PANAMENSIS; PROTIUM PANAMENSE; TETRAGASTRIS PANAMENSIS;

EID: 0031757103     PISSN: 02664674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0266467498000479     Document Type: Article

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