Above- and below-ground competition in high and low irradiance: Tree seedling responses to a competing liana Byttneria grandifolia

Journal of Tropical Ecology

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 517-524

  Chen, Ya Jun ^a   Bongers, Frans ^b   Cao, Kun Fang ^a   Cai, Zhi Quan ^a,b  

^a KEY LABORATORY OF TROPICAL FOREST ECOLOGY   (China)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Competition; Liana; Morphological traits; Photosynthesis; Relative growth rate

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS ALLOCATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GROWTH RESPONSE; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; IRRADIANCE; LEAF AREA; MORPHOLOGY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; RAINFOREST; REGENERATION; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; ROOT COMPETITION; SEEDLING; SHADE TOLERANCE; SHOOT; VINE;

BAUHINIA; BAUHINIA VARIEGATA; BYTTNERIA; LITSEA; LITSEA DILLENIIFOLIA; POMETIA; POMETIA TOMENTOSA;

EID: 51349116876     PISSN: 02664674     EISSN: 14697831     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0266467408005233     Document Type: Article

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