A mechanistic explanation for global patterns of liana abundance and distribution

American Naturalist

Volumn 166, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 262-276

  Schnitzer, Stefan A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Climbers; Latitudinal gradient; Lianas; Plant distribution; Seasonality; Tropical forests

Indexed keywords

RAIN;

ABUNDANCE; LATITUDINAL GRADIENT; SEASONALITY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ARTICLE; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; PLANT MORPHOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; SEASON; TREE; TROPIC CLIMATE;

PLANT COMPONENTS; PLANT STRUCTURES; POPULATION DENSITY; RAIN; SEASONS; TREES; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

EID: 23044471151     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/431250     Document Type: Article

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