Crown structure and biomass allocation strategies of three juvenile tropical tree species

Plant Ecology

Volumn 152, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 1-11

  Menalled, Fabián D ^a,b   Kelty, Matthew J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Open grown; Sapling; Tree morphology; Tropics

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS ALLOCATION; CANOPY ARCHITECTURE; TREE;

CEDRELA ODORATA; CORDIA ALLIODORA; HYERONIMA ALCHORNEOIDES;

EID: 0034998237     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1011495916036     Document Type: Article

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