Effects of wind on the allometry of two species of plants in an elfin cloud forest

Biotropica

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 177-185

  Cordero, Roberto A ^a,c   Fetcher, Ned ^b,d   Voltzow, Janice ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SCRANTON   (United States)

^c Wilkes University ^*  (Costa Rica)

^d WILKES UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Clibadium erosum; Leaf shape; Prestoea acuminata var. montana; Puerto Rico; Scaling; Thigmomorphogenesis

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; CLOUD FOREST; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; EVERGREEN FOREST; GROWTH MODELING; GROWTH RATE; GROWTH RESPONSE; HABITAT TYPE; LEAF AREA; LOCAL ADAPTATION; MORPHOGENESIS; SHRUB; WIND;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; GREATER ANTILLES; PUERTO RICO;

ARECACEAE; ASTERACEAE; CLIBADIUM EROSUM; PRESTOEA ACUMINATA;

EID: 33846946855     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: 17447429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.2006.00244.x     Document Type: Article

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