Effects of plot size and census interval on descriptors of forest structure and dynamics

Biotropica

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 664-671

  Wagner, Fabien ^a,b   Rutishauser, Ervan ^b,c   Blanc, Lilian ^b   Herault, Bruno ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DES ANTILLES ET DE LA GUYANE   (France)

^b CIRAD   (France)

^c UMR AMAP   (France)

Author keywords

Amazonia; Biomass fluxes; Coefficient of variation; Forest permanent plots; Turnover rates; WinBUGS

Indexed keywords

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; CENSUS; DATA SET; FOREST DYNAMICS; GLOBAL CHANGE; GROWTH RATE; MORTALITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARAMETERIZATION; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); STAND STRUCTURE; TROPICAL FOREST; TURNOVER;

AMAZONIA;

EID: 77954437788     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: 17447429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.2010.00644.x     Document Type: Article

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