Cyclone damage to tropical rain forests: Species- and community-level impacts

Austral Ecology

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 432-441

  Metcalfe, Daniel J ^a   Bradford, Matt G ^a   Ford, Andrew J ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cyclone; Damage category; Rain forest; Wet Tropics; Wood density

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ADAPTATION; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; FOREST CANOPY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; RAINFOREST; STORM DAMAGE; TOLERANCE; TRADE-OFF; TROPICAL CYCLONE; TROPICAL FOREST; WIND VELOCITY; WOOD;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; QUEENSLAND;

EID: 43449136768     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: 14429993     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.2008.01898.x     Document Type: Article

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