Inner-crown microenvironments of two emergent tree species in a lowland wet forest

Biotropica

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 238-244

  Cardelús, Catherine L ^a,b   Chazdon, Robin L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Canopy microenvironment; Emergent trees; Epiphytes; Hyeronima alchorneoides; Lecythis ampla; Light transmittance; Tropical wet forest

Indexed keywords

CANOPY; EPIPHYTE; HUMIDITY; MICROCLIMATE; PHOTON FLUX DENSITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; TEMPERATURE; TROPICAL FOREST;

CENTRAL AMERICA; COSTA RICA; HEREDIA; LA SELVA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

HYERONIMA; HYERONIMA ALCHORNEOIDES; LECYTHIS; LECYTHIS AMPLA;

EID: 20444380027     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.2005.00032.x     Document Type: Article

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