Restoring tropical biodiversity: Leaf traits predict growth and survival of late-successional trees in early-successional environments

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 217, Issue 2-3, 2005, Pages 365-379

  Martínez Garza, Cristina ^a,c   Peña, Victor ^b   Ricker, Martin ^b   Campos, Alvaro ^b   Howe, Henry F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DEL ESTADO DE MORELOS   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Late successional species; Leaf morphology; Maximum mature height; Mexico; Mid canopy species; Restoration ecology; SLA; SLM; Tropical forest succession

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ECOLOGY; MORPHOLOGY;

LEAF MORPHOLOGY; MAXIMUM MATURE HEIGHT; MID-CANOPY SPECIES; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SLA; SLM;

FORESTRY;

BIODIVERSITY; GROWTH; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SUCCESSION; SURVIVAL;

ANATOMY; BIODIVERSITY; ECOLOGY; FORESTS;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 26244457668     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2005.07.001     Document Type: Article

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