Successional and mature stands in an upper Andean rain forest transect of Venezuela: Do leaf characteristics of woody species differ?

Journal of Tropical Ecology

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 251-259

  Schneider, Julio V ^a   Zipp, Daniela ^a   Gaviria, Juan ^a   Zizka, Georg ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Andes; Disturbance; Drip tip; Leaf anatomy; Leaf morphology; Leaf size classification; Succession; Upper montane rain forest; Vegetation zonation

Indexed keywords

LEAF; RAINFOREST; SUCCESSION; TRANSECT;

SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 0038622997     PISSN: 02664674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0266467403003286     Document Type: Article

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