Tree architecture and life-history strategies across 200 co-occurring tropical tree species

Functional Ecology

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1260-1268

  Iida, Yoshiko ^a   Kohyama, Takashi S ^a   Kubo, Takuya ^a   Kassim, Abd Rahman ^b   Poorter, Lourens ^c   Sterck, Frank ^c   Potts, Matthew D ^d  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b FOREST RESEARCH CENTRE   (Malaysia)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Allometry; Hierarchical Bayesian approach; Light capture; Pasoh; Tropical rainforest

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; CANOPY ARCHITECTURE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; FOREST CANOPY; HETEROGENEITY; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEM; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; LIGHT AVAILABILITY; MORTALITY; ONTOGENY; RAINFOREST; REGENERATION; SAPLING; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; TRADE-OFF; TROPICAL REGION; VEGETATIVE REPRODUCTION;

MALAYSIA; NEGERI SEMBILAN; PASOH FOREST RESERVE; WEST MALAYSIA;

EID: 79955768747     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: 13652435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2011.01884.x     Document Type: Article

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