The importance of wood traits and hydraulic conductance for the performance and life history strategies of 42 rainforest tree species

New Phytologist

Volumn 185, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 481-492

  Poorter, Lourens ^a,b   McDonald, Imole ^a   Alarcón, Alfredo ^b   Fichtler, Esther ^c   Licona, Juan Carlos ^b   Peña Claros, Marielos ^a,b   Sterck, Frank ^a   Villegas, Zulma ^b   Sass Klaassen, Ute ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Instituto Boliviano de Investigacion Forestal Bolivia   (Bolivia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adult stature; Functional traits; Growth; Height; Hydraulic conductance; Shade tolerance; Vessels; Wood density

Indexed keywords

RAIN;

ADULT; CAVITATION; DIAMETER; DROUGHT STRESS; HEIGHT; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; LIGHT EFFECT; MORPHOLOGY; RAINFOREST; SHADE TOLERANCE; SURVIVAL; TRADE-OFF; WOOD;

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECOSYSTEM; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; LIGHT; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT STEM; TREE; TROPIC CLIMATE; WOOD; XYLEM;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ECOSYSTEM; LIGHT; PLANT STEMS; PLANT TRANSPIRATION; RAIN; TREES; TROPICAL CLIMATE; WOOD; XYLEM;

EID: 72849118872     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2009.03092.x     Document Type: Article

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