Interspecific relationships among growth, mortality and xylem traits of woody species from New Zealand

Functional Ecology

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 253-262

  Russo, Sabrina E ^a   Jenkins, Kerry L ^a   Wiser, Susan K ^b   Uriarte, Maria ^c   Duncan, Richard P ^b,d   Coomes, David A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^c Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^d LINCOLN UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Functional traits; New Zealand forests; Phylogenetic comparative methods; Trade offs; Tree diameter growth rate; Tree maximum height; Tree mortality rate; Vessel and tracheid properties; Wood density

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHIC METHOD; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; GROWTH RATE; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; INTERSPECIFIC VARIATION; MORTALITY; PHYLOGENETICS; POPULATION DENSITY; SHRUB; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SURVIVAL; TRADE-OFF; XYLEM;

NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 77950266697     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: 13652435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2009.01670.x     Document Type: Article

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