Intraspecific changes in forest canopy allometries during self-thinning

Functional Ecology

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 460-469

  Holdaway, R J ^a   Allen, R B ^b   Clinton, P W ^c   Davis, M R ^c   Coomes, D A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^c Ensis   (Australia)

Author keywords

Allometry; Canopy structure; Leaf area index; Nothofagus solandri; Self thinning

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; DECIDUOUS TREE; FOREST CANOPY; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; LEAF AREA INDEX; PHYTOMASS; SELF THINNING; STAND STRUCTURE;

AUSTRALASIA; NEW ZEALAND;

FAGUS; NOTHOFAGUS SOLANDRI;

EID: 43949107527     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: 13652435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2008.01388.x     Document Type: Article

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