Allometric relationships predicting foliar biomass and leaf area:sapwood area ratio from tree height in five Costa Rican rain forest species

Tree Physiology

Volumn 28, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1601-1608

  Calvo Alvarado, J C ^a   McDowell, N G ^b   Waring, R H ^c  

^a INSTITUTO TECNOLÓGICO DE COSTA RICA   (Costa Rica)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carapa guianensis; Hydraulic model; Leaf area; Leaf biomass; Pentaclethra macroloba; Pipe model theory; Sapwood area; Specific leaf area; Tetragastris panamensis; Virola koshnii; Vochysia ferruginea

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; ANGIOSPERM; BIOMASS; CANOPY; DICOTYLEDON; FOREST CANOPY; LEAF AREA; RAINFOREST; SAP FLOW; WATER FLOW;

BURSERACEAE; CARAPA GUIANENSIS; MELIACEAE; MYRISTICACEAE; PENTACLETHRA; PENTACLETHRA MACROLOBA; TETRAGASTRIS PANAMENSIS; VIROLA; VOCHYSIA FERRUGINEA; VOCHYSIACEAE;

EID: 57649135245     PISSN: 0829318X     EISSN: 17584469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/treephys/28.11.1601     Document Type: Article

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