Biomass allocation and leaf life span in relation to light interception by tropical forest plants during the first years of secondary succession

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 96, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1211-1221

  Galia Selaya, N ^a,b   Oomen, Roelof J ^a   Netten, Jordie J C ^a,c   Werger, Marinus J A ^a   Anten, Niels P R ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Programa Manejo de Bosques de la Amazonia Boliviana PROMAB   (Bolivia)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Biomass allocation; Bolivian Amazon; Canopy model; Leaf longevity; Leaf mass ratio; Lianas; Light interception; Pioneers; Secondary succession; Tropical forest

Indexed keywords

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; BIOMASS ALLOCATION; DOMINANCE; LIGHT ATTENUATION; LIGHT EFFECT; LONGEVITY; PERSISTENCE; RAINFOREST; REGENERATION; SECONDARY FOREST; SECONDARY SUCCESSION; SHADING; TROPICAL FOREST;

AMAZONIA; BOLIVIA; SOUTH AMERICA;

OCHROMA PYRAMIDALE; TREMA;

EID: 54049107004     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: 13652745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2745.2008.01441.x     Document Type: Article

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