Variability and grouping of leaf traits in multi-species reforestation (Leyte, Philippines)

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 260, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 846-855

  Sales Come, Renezita ^a,b   Hölscher, Dirk ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b VISAYAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (Philippines)

Author keywords

Dipterocarps; Exotic species; Functional diversity; Maximal stomatal conductance; Rainforestation; Species groups

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPE RATIO; DIPTEROCARPS; EARLY-SUCCESSIONAL; EXOTIC SPECIES; FRUIT TREES; FUNCTIONAL DIVERSITY; GMELINA ARBOREA; GUTTIFERAE; INDIVIDUAL TREE; INVESTMENT STRATEGY; LEAF AREA; LEAF MORPHOLOGY; LEAF NITROGEN CONTENT; LEAF STOMATAL CONDUCTANCE; LEAF TRAITS; LENGTH RATIO; LINEAR CORRELATION; MULTI-SPECIES; MULTIPLE LINEAR REGRESSIONS; MULTIVARIATE APPROACH; NATIVE SPECIES; PHILIPPINES; PROJECTION AREA; SEPARATE ANALYSIS; SPECIFIC LEAF AREA; STOMATAL CONDUCTANCE; SUBSTANTIAL VARIATIONS; TREE SPECIES; TROPICAL RAIN FOREST; WATER VAPOUR; WHOLE PLANTS;

ISOTOPES; LINEAR REGRESSION; OCEAN CURRENTS; ORCHARDS; PLANTS (BOTANY); REFORESTATION; REVEGETATION; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

BIOCHEMISTRY; CARBON ISOTOPE; DECIDUOUS TREE; DICOTYLEDON; FRUIT; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; LEAF AREA; LEAF MORPHOLOGY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NATIVE SPECIES; NITROGEN; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RAINFOREST; REFORESTATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIVERSITY; STOMATAL CONDUCTANCE; SUCCESSION; WATER VAPOR;

FORESTATION; ISOTOPES; ORCHARDS; PHILIPPINES; PLANTS; REFORESTATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TREES;

LEYTE [(ISL) VISAYAS]; PHILIPPINES; VISAYAS;

ARTOCARPUS; ARTOCARPUS ALTILIS; CLUSIACEAE; DURIO ZIBETHINUS; GMELINA ARBOREA; SWIETENIA MACROPHYLLA; TERMINALIA;

EID: 77954954603     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2010.06.002     Document Type: Article

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