Individual variability in tree allometry determines light resource allocation in forest ecosystems: A hierarchical Bayesian approach

Oecologia

Volumn 163, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 759-773

  Vieilledent, Ghislain ^a,b,c   Courbaud, Benoît ^a,e   Kunstler, Georges ^a   Dhôte, Jean François ^b,d   Clark, James S ^e  

^a Cemagref   (France)

^b LERFoB   (France)

^c CIRAD   (France)

^d ONF   (France)

^e DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Hierarchical Bayes; Individual variability; Resource allocation; Succession; Tree allometry

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE RADIATION; ALLOMETRY; BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; CANOPY ARCHITECTURE; EVERGREEN TREE; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEM; MICROHABITAT; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SUCCESSION;

ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; CLASSIFICATION; ECOSYSTEM; FRANCE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; ITALY; LIGHT; PHENOTYPE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPRUCE; SWITZERLAND; TIME; TREE; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY;

BAYES THEOREM; ECOSYSTEM; FRANCE; ITALY; LIGHT; PHENOTYPE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PICEA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SWITZERLAND; TIME FACTORS; TREES;

ALPS; WESTERN ALPS;

ABIES; ABIES ALBA; PICEA ABIES;

EID: 77953687630     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-010-1581-9     Document Type: Article

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