Within-individual variation of trunk and branch xylem density in tropical trees

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 140-149

  Sarmiento, Carolina ^a,d   Patiño, Sandra ^a   Timothy Paine, C E ^b   Beauchêne, Jacques ^c   Thibaut, Anne ^c   Baraloto, Christopher ^a  

^a Campus Agronomique   (France)

^b AGROPARISTECH   (France)

^c CIRAD   (France)

^d UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Branch xylem density; French guiana; Functional trait; Tropical trees; Trunk xylem density; Wood economics

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; CARBON BUDGET; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; TAXONOMY; WOOD; XYLEM;

ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; FRENCH GUIANA; HISTOLOGY; PLANT; PLANT STEM; TREE; TROPIC CLIMATE; WOOD; XYLEM;

FRENCH GUIANA; PLANT SHOOTS; PLANT STEMS; TREES; TROPICAL CLIMATE; WOOD; XYLEM;

EID: 78650987962     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3732/ajb.1000034     Document Type: Article

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