Modelling direct radiation and canopy gap regimes in tropical forests

Biotropica

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 676-685

  Marthews, Toby R ^a   Burslem, David F R P ^a   Phillips, Ruth T ^a   Mullins, Christopher E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Field gap definitions; Forest dynamics; Gap models; Habitat partitioning; Panama; Patch models; Treefall gaps

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; CANOPY GAP; FOREST FLOOR; GAP DYNAMICS; LIGHT EFFECT; NICHE PARTITIONING; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TREEFALL; TROPICAL FOREST; UNDERSTORY;

BARRO COLORADO ISLAND; CENTRAL AMERICA; GATUN LAKE; PANAMA [CENTRAL AMERICA];

EID: 54249134388     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: 17447429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.2008.00431.x     Document Type: Article

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