Growth rates of tree height six years after hurricane damage at four localities in eastern Nicaragua

Biotropica

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 502-509

  Vandermeer, John ^a   Brenner, Andrew ^a   De La Cerda, Iñigo Granzow ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Disturbance; Forest; Hurricanes; Tree growth

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; GROWTH RATE; STORM DAMAGE; SUCCESSION; TROPICAL FOREST;

NICARAGUA;

EID: 0032321867     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.1998.tb00090.x     Document Type: Article

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