Differential effects of emergent Nothofagus dombeyi on growth and basal area of canopy species in an old-growth temperate rainforest

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 675-684

  Donoso, Pablo J ^a   Lusk, Christopher H ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUSTRAL DE CHILE   (Chile)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Additive basal area; Andes; Canopy stratification; Chile; Competition; Laureliopsis philippiana; Saxegothaea conspicua; Valdivian andes

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSPERM; BASAL AREA; CANOPY; CANOPY ARCHITECTURE; CONIFEROUS TREE; EMERGENCE; EVERGREEN TREE; GROWTH RESPONSE; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; LIGHT USE EFFICIENCY; OLD-GROWTH FOREST; STRATIFICATION; TEMPERATE FOREST;

ANDES; CHILE; SOUTH AMERICA;

LAURELIOPSIS PHILIPPIANA; NOTHOFAGUS DOMBEYI; SAXEGOTHAEA CONSPICUA;

EID: 34848835734     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1658/1100-9233(2007)18[675:DEOEND]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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