Light fluctuations, crown traits, and response delays for tree saplings in a Costa Rican lowland rain forest

Journal of Tropical Ecology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 83-95

  Sterck, Frank J ^a   Clark, David B ^b   Clark, Deborah A ^b   Bongers, Frans ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Organization for Tropical Studies Costa Rica   (Costa Rica)

Author keywords

Architecture; Costa Rica; Crowns; Environmental fluctuations; Growth response; Light environment; Rain forest; Saplings; Tree morphology; Tree performance

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; CROWN ARCHITECTURE; LIGHT AVAILABILITY; RAINFOREST; SAPLING; TREE;

COSTA RICA;

DIPTERYX; LECYTHIS; MINQUARTIA; SIMAROUBA;

EID: 0032976582     PISSN: 02664674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0266467499000681     Document Type: Article

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