Variation of functional traits in trees from a biogeographically complex Mexican cloud forest

Acta Oecologica

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 111-121

  Saldaña Acosta, Angela ^a,b   Meave, Jorge A ^a   Paz, Horacio ^c   Sánchez Velásquez, Lázaro R ^d   Villaseñor, José Luis ^a   Martínez Ramos, Miguel ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUADALAJARA   (Mexico)

^c INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES EN ECOSISTEMAS Y SUSTENTABILIDAD   (Mexico)

^d UNIVERSIDAD VERACRUZANA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Cross species correlations; Mexico; Phylogenetic independent contrasts; Seed mass; Specific leaf area; Tree height; Wood density

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; CLADISTICS; CLOUD FOREST; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; INTERSPECIFIC VARIATION; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MATURATION; PHYLOGENY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 48549083226     PISSN: 1146609X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actao.2008.04.006     Document Type: Article

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