Light-dependent changes in biomass allocation and their importance for growth of rain forest tree species

Functional Ecology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 113-123

  Poorter, L ^a,b,c  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Programa Manejo de Bosques de la Amazonia Boliviana PROMAB   (Bolivia)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Biomass partitioning; Bolivia; Growth analysis; Shade tolerance; Tropical rain forest

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS ALLOCATION; GROWTH; LIGHT; RAINFOREST; TREE;

EID: 0035130212     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2435.2001.00503.x     Document Type: Article

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