Responses of tropical forest tree seedlings to irradiance and the derivation of a light response index

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 87, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 815-827

  Agyeman, V K ^a,b   Swaine, M D ^b   Thompson, J ^a,b  

^a FORESTRY RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF GHANA   (Ghana)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Growth analysis; Non pioneers; Pioneers; Principal components analysis; Shade tolerance

Indexed keywords

DROUGHT RESISTANCE; FOREST; GROWTH INHIBITION; GROWTH RATE; IRRADIATION; PHYSICAL TOLERANCE; PLANT GROWTH; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SIMULATION; TROPICS; WEST AFRICA;

GROWTH RESPONSE; IRRADIANCE; SEEDLING; TROPICAL FOREST;

AFRICA;

EID: 0032740216     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2745.1999.00400.x     Document Type: Article

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