Inferred longevity of Amazonian rainforest trees based on a long-term demographic study

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 190, Issue 2-3, 2004, Pages 131-143

  Laurance, William F ^a,b   Nascimento, Henrique E M ^a,b   Laurance, Susan G ^a,b   Condit, Richard ^a   D'Angelo, Sammya ^b   Andrade, Ana ^b  

^a SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amazon Basin; Demography; Growth rate; Mortality rate; Tree age; Tree longevity; Tropical forest

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CORRELATION METHODS; DATA REDUCTION; ESTIMATION; RAIN; WOOD;

MORTALITY RATE; RAINFOREST TREES;

FORESTRY;

DEMOGRAPHY; LIFE HISTORY; LONGEVITY; MORTALITY; RAINFOREST; TREE; TROPICAL FOREST;

POUROUMA; POUTERIA; SAPOTACEAE; URTICACEAE;

EID: 1542320180     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2003.09.011     Document Type: Article

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