Developmental patterns of tree dimensions in a neotropical deciduous forest

Biotropica

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 42-52

  Bullock, Stephen H ^a  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN CIENTÍFICA Y DE EDUCACIÓN SUPERIOR DE ENSENADA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Allometry; Architecture; Drought; Forest structure; Growth form; Mexico; Modeling; Stems; Stress; Tree size

Indexed keywords

DECIDUOUS FOREST; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; TREE;

MEXICO;

CACTACEAE;

EID: 0034100433     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.2000.tb00446.x     Document Type: Article

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