Contrasting cost-benefit strategy between lianas and trees in a tropical seasonal rain forest in southwestern China

Oecologia

Volumn 163, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 591-599

  Zhu, Shi Dan ^a,b   Cao, Kun Fang ^a  

^a KEY LABORATORY OF TROPICAL FOREST ECOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Leaf construction cost; Leaf life span; Nutrient use efficiency; Photosynthesis

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; RAIN;

ABUNDANCE; CARBON DIOXIDE; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECOPHYSIOLOGY; FOREST RESOURCE; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; NUTRIENT USE EFFICIENCY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; RAINFOREST; SEASONALITY; TROPICAL FOREST; VINE;

ARTICLE; CHINA; CLASSIFICATION; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECOSYSTEM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PLANT; PLANT LEAF; SEASON; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TREE; TROPIC CLIMATE; PLANT DEVELOPMENT;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CHINA; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECOSYSTEM; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; PLANT LEAVES; PLANTS; RAIN; SEASONS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TREES; TROPICAL CLIMATE; PLANT DEVELOPMENT;

CHINA;

EID: 77953684682     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-010-1579-3     Document Type: Article

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