Influence of Phenotypic Plasticity in Photosynthetic Functions on the Spatial Distributions of Tropical Trees

Physical Geography

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 433-446

  Terwilliger, Valery J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Functional plasticity; Stable carbon isotopes; Tropical trees

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOGEOGRAPHY; CARBON ISOTOPE; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TROPICAL FOREST;

EID: 3242888594     PISSN: 02723646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2747/0272-3646.24.5.433     Document Type: Article

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