The impact of lianas on 10 years of tree growth and mortality on Barro Colorado Island, Panama

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 98, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 879-887

  Ingwell, Laura L ^a   Joseph Wright, S ^b   Becklund, Kristen K ^a   Hubbell, Stephen P ^c   Schnitzer, Stefan A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^b SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Barro Colorado Island; Competition; Liana dynamics; Lianas; Panama; Tropical forest

Indexed keywords

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; ABUNDANCE; BELOWGROUND BIOMASS; CANOPY ARCHITECTURE; FLOWER; GROWTH RATE; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; MORTALITY; SURVIVAL; TROPICAL FOREST; VINE;

BARRO COLORADO ISLAND; PANAMA [CENTRAL AMERICA]; PANAMA [PANAMA (NTN)];

EID: 77954722578     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: 13652745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2745.2010.01676.x     Document Type: Article

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