Factors controlling the abundance of lianas along an altitudinal transect of tropical forests in Ecuador

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 259, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1399-1405

  Homeier, Jürgen ^a   Englert, Fabian ^a   Leuschner, Christoph ^a   Weigelt, Patrick ^a   Unger, Malte ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Liana basal area; Liana density; Soil fertility; Sumaco Biosphere Reserve; Tree basal area; Tree diameter

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDINAL TRANSECT; BASAL AREA; BIOSPHERE RESERVE; C/N RATIO; CANOPY STRUCTURE; ECUADOR; KEY FACTORS; MATURE FOREST; MEAN DENSITY; OLD-GROWTH FOREST; SOIL CHEMICAL PROPERTY; SOIL FERTILITY; SOIL NITROGEN; STAND STRUCTURES; TREE DIAMETER; TROPICAL FOREST;

BIOSPHERICS; CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; FERTILIZERS; SOILS;

FORESTRY;

ABUNDANCE; ALTITUDE; CANOPY ARCHITECTURE; CHEMICAL PROPERTY; CLIMBING PLANT; DIAMETER; ELEVATION; NATURE RESERVE; OLD-GROWTH FOREST; SOIL FERTILITY; TRANSECT; TROPICAL FOREST;

BASAL AREA; CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; FERTILITY; FERTILIZERS; FORESTRY; NITROGEN; SOIL;

ECUADOR; NAPO [ECUADOR]; SUMACO BIOSPHERE RESERVE;

EID: 77649273504     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2010.01.008     Document Type: Article

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