Predicting liana crown location from stem diameter in three Panamanian lowland forests

Biotropica

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 262-266

  Kurzel, Brian P ^a   Schnitzer, Stefan A ^b   Carson, Walter P ^c  

^a Natural Areas Program   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Barro Colorado Island; Canopy dynamics; Competition; Lianas; Panama; Tropical forest; Vertical structure

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CLIMBING PLANT; SPECIES DIVERSITY; STEM; TROPICAL FOREST;

EID: 33644946915     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: 17447429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.2006.00135.x     Document Type: Article

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