Canopy tree mode of death in a western Ecuadorian rain forest

Journal of Tropical Ecology

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 415-436

  Gale, Neil ^a   Barfod, Anders S ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Lowland rain forest; Mode of death; Snapping; Standing dead; Topography; Uproot

Indexed keywords

MORTALITY; RAINFOREST; TREE;

ECUADOR;

IRIARTEA DELTOIDEA;

EID: 0032769193     PISSN: 02664674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0266467499000929     Document Type: Article

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