Ontogenetic variation in light requirements of juvenile rainforest evergreens

Functional Ecology

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 454-459

  Lusk, C H ^a   Falster, D S ^a   Jara Vergara, C K ^b   Jimenez Castillo, M ^b   Saldana Mendoza A ^c  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUSTRAL DE CHILE   (Chile)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

Author keywords

Canopy openness; Sapling; Seedling; Shade tolerance; Temperate rainforest

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CARBON BALANCE; EVERGREEN FOREST; FOLIAGE; GROWTH RESPONSE; JUVENILE; LIGHT EFFECT; ONTOGENY; RAINFOREST; SHADE TOLERANCE; SIZE AT MATURITY; SIZE EFFECT;

EID: 43949136951     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: 13652435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2008.01384.x     Document Type: Article

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