Lianas and self-supporting plants during tropical forest succession

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 257, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 2150-2156

  Letcher, Susan G ^a   Chazdon, Robin L ^b  

^a Organization for Tropical Studies Costa Rica   (Costa Rica)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomass; Lianas; Species richness; Succession; Tropical forest

Indexed keywords

ABOVE-GROUND BIOMASS; CHRONOSEQUENCE; COSTA RICA; DIAMETER-AT-BREAST HEIGHTS; FOREST AGES; FOREST DYNAMICS; FOREST SUCCESSIONS; LIANAS; LIFE HISTORY; OLD GROWTHS; OLD-GROWTH FORESTS; SPECIES RICHNESS; STEM DENSITIES; SUCCESSION; TROPICAL FOREST;

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BIOMASS; ECOLOGY; TROPICS; VEGETATION;

FORESTRY;

CHRONOSEQUENCE; FOREST DYNAMICS; FOREST INVENTORY; OLD-GROWTH FOREST; SPECIES RICHNESS; SUCCESSION; TROPICAL FOREST; VINE;

BIOMASS; ECOLOGY; FORESTS; GROWTH; PLANTS; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; TROPICAL PLANTS;

CENTRAL AMERICA; COSTA RICA;

EID: 63749115140     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2009.02.028     Document Type: Article

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