Leaf traits and water relations of 12 evergreen species in Costa Rican wet and dry forests: Patterns of intra-specific variation across forests and seasons

Plant Ecology

Volumn 211, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 133-146

  Gotsch, Sybil G ^a,d   Powers, Jennifer S ^b   Lerdau, Manuel T ^c  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^d IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Intra specific leaf trait variation; Light availability; Seasonality; Tropical dry forest; Water stress

Indexed keywords

CUTICLE; DRY FOREST; EVERGREEN TREE; HERBIVORY; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; LEAF AREA; LIGHT AVAILABILITY; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; SEASONALITY; TROPICAL FOREST; WATER CONTENT; WATER STRESS;

COSTA RICA;

EID: 77957911682     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11258-010-9779-9     Document Type: Article

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