Architecture of 54 moist-forest tree species: Traits, trade-offs, and functional groups

Ecology

Volumn 87, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1289-1301

  Poorter, Lourens ^a,b   Bongers, Laurent ^a,b   Bongers, Frans ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Instituto Boliviano de Investigacion Forestal Bolivia   (Bolivia)

Author keywords

Adult tree stature; Allometry; Bolivia; Coexistence; Functional groups; Light requirement; Shade tolerance; Trade offs; Tree architecture; Tropical rain forest

Indexed keywords

INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; LIGHT AVAILABILITY; TROPICAL FOREST; UNDERSTORY;

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; BOLIVIA; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; REFERENCE VALUE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SUNLIGHT; TREE; TROPIC CLIMATE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; BOLIVIA; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENT; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT LEAVES; REFERENCE VALUES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SUNLIGHT; TREES; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

BOLIVIA; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 33646572728     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: 00129658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(2006)87[1289:AOMTST]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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