Juvenile tree growth in relation to light availability in second-growth tropical rain forests

Journal of Tropical Ecology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 223-226

  Palomaki, Mary Beth ^a,b   Chazdon, Robin L ^a   Arroyo, J Pablo ^a   Letcher, Susan G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b ROSS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Dominica)

Author keywords

Increment growth; Red:far red ratio; Shade tolerance; Succession; Tropical wet forest

Indexed keywords

GROWTH; LIGHT AVAILABILITY; RAINFOREST; TREE; TROPICAL FOREST;

EID: 32044464520     PISSN: 02664674     EISSN: 14697831     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0266467405002968     Document Type: Article

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