Beyond the regeneration phase: Differentiation of height-light trajectories among tropical tree species

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 93, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 256-267

  Poorter, Lourens ^a   Bongers, Frans ^a   Sterck, Frank J ^a   Wöll, Hannsjörg ^b  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b NONE   (Austria)

Author keywords

Architecture; Functional groups; Liberia; Light; Niche partitioning; Regeneration; Shade tolerance; Tree; Tropical rain forest

Indexed keywords

FOREST CANOPY; HEIGHT; LIGHT; RAINFOREST; REGENERATION; SHADE TOLERANCE;

EID: 16844380028     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2745.2004.00956.x     Document Type: Article

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