Above-ground biomass investments and light interception of tropical forest trees and lianas early in succession

Annals of Botany

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 141-151

  Selaya, N G ^a,b   Anten, N P R ^a,c   Oomen, R J ^a   Matthies, M ^a   Werger, M J A ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Programa Manejo de Bosques de la Amazonia Boliviana PROMAB   (Bolivia)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bolivia; Canopy model; Crown structure; Leaf mass ratio; Lianas; Light interception; Pioneers; Specific leaf area; Tropical forest

Indexed keywords

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; BIOMASS ALLOCATION; CANOPY ARCHITECTURE; LEAF AREA; LIGHT; SUCCESSION; TREE; TROPICAL FOREST; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION; VINE;

BOLIVIA; SOUTH AMERICA;

CECROPIA; OCHROMA; TREMA;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMASS; ECOSYSTEM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; LIGHT; PLANT; TREE; TROPIC CLIMATE;

BIOMASS; ECOSYSTEM; LIGHT; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PLANTS; TREES; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

EID: 34047223031     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: 10958290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcl235     Document Type: Article

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