Alternative height strategies among 45 dicot rain forest species from tropical Queensland, Australia

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 93, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 521-535

  Falster, Daniel S ^a   Westoby, Mark ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Comparative; Leaf mass per area; Plant height; Rain forest; Strategy; Succession; Wood density

Indexed keywords

GROWTH RATE; HEIGHT; LEAF AREA; LIGHT USE EFFICIENCY; SUCCESSION;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; QUEENSLAND; WORLD;

EID: 20444377324     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0022-0477.2005.00992.x     Document Type: Article

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