Distribution and abundance of vines along the light gradient in a southern temperate rain forest

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 66-73

  Gianoli, Ernesto ^a,b,c   Saldaña, Alfredo ^a   Jiménez Castillo, Mylthon ^d   Valladares, Fernando ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

^b PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^c DEPARTAMENTO DE BIOLOGÍA   (Chile)

^d UNIVERSIDAD AUSTRAL DE CHILE   (Chile)

^e INSTITUTO DE RECURSOS NATURALES   (Spain)

Author keywords

Canopy openness; Forest understorey; Light availability; Limbing plants; Pioneer species; Treefall gaps; Valdivian forest

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CANOPY GAP; DIVERSITY INDEX; DOMINANCE; LIGHT AVAILABILITY; NICHE BREADTH; OLD-GROWTH FOREST; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; RAINFOREST; SECONDARY FOREST; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; STAND DYNAMICS; TREEFALL; UNDERSTORY; VINE;

CHILE;

EID: 77955373467     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: 16541103     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1654-1103.2009.01124.x     Document Type: Article

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