Diameter growth and decline in a tropical montane cloud forest of the Sierra de Las Minas, Guatemala

Journal of Tropical Forest Science

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 292-299

  Holder, C D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Annual diameter growth; Cloud forest; dbh measurement; Growth rate; Guatemala

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL DIAMETER GROWTH; BIOSPHERE RESERVES; BREAST HEIGHTS; DBH MEASUREMENT; DIAMETER GROWTHS; GUATEMALA; MONTANA; MONTANE FORESTS; TROPICAL MONTANE CLOUD FORESTS;

ALUMINA; EXPERIMENTS; OCEANOGRAPHY; SEA LEVEL; WATER LEVELS;

FORESTRY;

CLOUD FOREST; GROWTH RATE; VEGETATION;

ALUMINUM OXIDE; EXPERIMENTATION; FORESTRY; FORESTS; GROWTH; MEASUREMENT; OCEANOGRAPHY; PLANTS; SEA WATER; TREES;

CENTRAL AMERICA; GUATEMALA [CENTRAL AMERICA]; SIERRA DE LAS MINAS;

EID: 55849152821     PISSN: 01281283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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