Does strategy of resource acquisition in tropical woody species vary with life form, leaf texture, and canopy gradient?

European Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 129, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1093-1108

  Liu, Fude ^a,b   Yang, Wenjie ^a   Zhang, Ming ^c   Liu, Yuhong ^a,d   Zheng, Jianwei ^a   Wang, Wenjin ^a   Zhang, Shiting ^a   Wang, Zhongsheng ^a   An, Shuqing ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Water Resources Research Institute of Shandong Province   (China)

^c NANJING INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

^d YANTAI INSTITUTE OF COASTAL ZONE RESEARCH   (China)

Author keywords

Canopy gradient; Leaf texture; Life form; Strategy of resource acquisition; Tropical woody species

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; CANOPY ARCHITECTURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FOREST RESOURCE; GROWTH RESPONSE; LEAF AREA INDEX; MONTANE FOREST; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYLOGENETICS; RAINFOREST; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; STRATEGIC APPROACH; TROPICAL FOREST; UNDERSTORY;

CHINA; HAINAN;

EID: 77958470918     PISSN: 16124669     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10342-010-0394-z     Document Type: Article

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