Forest structure, canopy architecture, and light transmittance in tropical wet forests

Ecology

Volumn 82, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 2707-2718

  Montgomery, R A ^a   Chazdon, R L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Canopy tree architecture; Costa Rica; Crown size; Forest dynamics; Forest structure; Forest succession; Light availability; Old growth vs. second growth tropical rain forests; Stand structure and light transmission; Tropical rain forest

Indexed keywords

CANOPY ARCHITECTURE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; LIGHT AVAILABILITY; TROPICAL FOREST;

COSTA RICA;

EID: 0034758855     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(2001)082[2707:FSCAAL]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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