Acclimation of tropical tree species to hurricane disturbance: Ontogenetic differences

Tree Physiology

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 935-946

  Wen, Shiyun ^a   Fetcher, Ned ^b,c   Zimmerman, Jess K ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SCRANTON   (United States)

^c WILKES UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

Cecropia schreberiana; Dacroydes excelsa; Light acclimation; Ontogeny; Photosynthesis; Prestoea acuminata; Puerto Rico; Sloanea berteriana; Tropical forest

Indexed keywords

ACCLIMATION; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; HURRICANE; LIGHT; MEASUREMENT METHOD; MONTANE FOREST; MORPHOLOGY; NITROGEN; ONTOGENY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SAPLING; SEEDLING; STOMATAL CONDUCTANCE; TREE; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; GREATER ANTILLES; PUERTO RICO;

CECROPIA; CECROPIA SCHREBERIANA; DACRYODES EXCELSA; PRESTOEA ACUMINATA; SLOANEA BERTERIANA;

EID: 47049096801     PISSN: 0829318X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/treephys/28.6.935     Document Type: Article

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