Quantifying the deciduousness of tropical forest canopies under varying climates

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 649-658

  Condit, Richard ^a   Watts, Kristina ^b,c   Bohlman, Stephanie A ^d   Pérez, Rolando ^a   Foster, Robin B ^e   Hubbell, Stephen P ^f  

^a SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^b Southampton City College   (United Kingdom)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^e FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate gradient; Deciduousness; Phenology; Tropical forest

Indexed keywords

CANOPY; CLIMATE EFFECT; DECIDUOUS TREE; MEASUREMENT METHOD; TROPICAL FOREST;

BARRO COLORADO ISLAND; PANAMA;

EID: 0034496553     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3236572     Document Type: Article

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