Interspecific and inter-site variation in wood specific gravity of tropical trees

Biotropica

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 20-32

  Muller Landau, Helene C ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Barro Colorado Island; Cocha Cashu Biological Station; Intermediate disturbance; La Selva Biological Station; Landscape level variation; Life history strategy; Lowland tropical forest; Manaus, Brazil; Wood density; Wood specific gravity

Indexed keywords

DENSITY; LIFE HISTORY; TREE; TROPICAL FOREST; WOOD QUALITY;

AMAZONAS [BRAZIL]; BARRO COLORADO ISLAND; BRAZIL; CENTRAL AMERICA; COCHA CASHU; COSTA RICA; GATUN LAKE; HEREDIA; LA SELVA; MADRE DE DIOS [(DPR) PERU]; MANAUS; PANAMA [CENTRAL AMERICA]; PERU; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 1842486739     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.2004.tb00292.x     Document Type: Article

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