Demography of Machaerium cuspidatum, a shade-tolerant neotropical liana

Journal of Tropical Ecology

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 505-516

  Nabe Nielsen, Jacob ^a,b  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Amazonian Ecuador; Canopy openness; Crown height; Forest dynamics; Liana demography; LTRE; Population growth rate; Proportional sensitivity; Stage classified matrix model; Support dependence; Yasun National Park

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHY; FOREST DYNAMICS; GROWTH RATE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SHADE TOLERANCE;

AMAZONIA; ECUADOR; SOUTH AMERICA;

FABACEAE; MACHAERIUM;

EID: 4344668672     PISSN: 02664674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0266467404001609     Document Type: Article

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