Climate and soil drive forest structure in Bolivian lowland forests

Journal of Tropical Ecology

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 333-345

  Toledo, Marisol ^a,b   Poorter, Lourens ^a,b   Peña Claros, Marielos ^a,b   Alarcón, Alfredo ^b   Balcázar, Julio ^b   Leaño, Claudio ^b   Licona, Juan Carlos ^b   Bongers, Frans ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Instituto Boliviano de Investigacion Forestal Bolivia   (Bolivia)

Author keywords

climate; environmental gradient; forest structure; liana; lowland Bolivia; palm; soil; tree

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; MONOCOTYLEDON; PLANT WATER RELATIONS; POPULATION DENSITY; RAINFALL; SOIL FERTILITY; SOIL TEMPERATURE; SOIL TEXTURE; STAND STRUCTURE;

BOLIVIA;

EID: 79959192418     PISSN: 02664674     EISSN: 14697831     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0266467411000034     Document Type: Article

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