Tree architecture in a Bornean lowland rain forest: Intraspecific and interspecific patterns

Plant Ecology

Volumn 153, Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 279-292

  Sterck, Frank J ^a,b   Bongers, Frans ^a   Newbery, David M ^b  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Branch architecture; Crown shape; Dipterocarpaceae; Euphorbiaceae; Leaf display; Life history

Indexed keywords

CANOPY ARCHITECTURE; GROWTH RATE; INTERSPECIFIC VARIATION; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; RAINFOREST; SHADE TOLERANCE;

BORNEO;

DIPTEROCARPACEAE; EUPHORBIA; EUPHORBIACEAE;

EID: 0034808326     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1017507723365     Document Type: Conference Paper

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