Trees approach gravitational limits to height in tall lowland forests of Malaysia

Functional Ecology

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 284-291

  King, David A ^a,b   Davies, Stuart J ^b,c   Tan, Sylvester ^a   Nur Supardi, Md Noor ^d  

^a Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University ^*  (Malaysia)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^d FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Mechanical limits to height; Tree allometry; Tree architecture; Tropical forest

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALLOMETRY; BIOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS; DIAMETER; GRAVITY FIELD; GROWTH RATE; GROWTH RESPONSE; HEIGHT; LIGHT EFFECT; LOWLAND ENVIRONMENT; PLANT ARCHITECTURE; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; TROPICAL FOREST; WIND STRESS; WOOD;

ASIA; EAST MALAYSIA; EURASIA; LAMBIR HILLS NATIONAL PARK; MALAYSIA; NEGERI SEMBILAN; PASOH FOREST RESERVE; SARAWAK; SOUTHEAST ASIA; WEST MALAYSIA;

EID: 62449282924     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: 13652435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2008.01514.x     Document Type: Article

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