Resource-use-related traits correlate with population turnover rates, but not stem diameter growth rates, in 29 subtropical montane tree species

Perspectives in Plant Ecology, Evolution and Systematics

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 203-218

  Easdale, Tomás A ^a,b   Healey, John R ^a  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE TUCUMÁN   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Demography; Functional significance; Morphology; r K selection; Shade tolerance

Indexed keywords

BROAD-LEAVED FOREST; DEMOGRAPHIC HISTORY; EVOLUTIONARY THEORY; LIFE HISTORY; MONTANE FOREST; ONTOGENY; RESOURCE USE; SHADE TOLERANCE; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; STEM; SUBTROPICAL REGION;

EID: 67650999693     PISSN: 14338319     EISSN: 16180437     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ppees.2009.03.001     Document Type: Article

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