Functional traits shape ontogenetic growth trajectories of rain forest tree species

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 99, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1431-1440

  Hérault, Bruno ^a   Bachelot, Bénédicte ^b   Poorter, Lourens ^c   Rossi, Vivien ^b   Bongers, Frans ^c   Chave, Jérôme ^d   Paine, C E Timothy ^b   Wagner, Fabien ^a   Baraloto, Christopher ^b,e  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DES ANTILLES ET DE LA GUYANE   (France)

^b Campus Agronomique   (France)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d Laboratoire Evolution et Diversité Biologique   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayesian modelling; Functional traits; Growth modelling; Leaf economics; Leaf height seed strategy; Plant development and life history traits; Plant strategy; Stem economics; Tropical rain forest

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; GROWTH MODELING; GROWTH RATE; INTERSPECIFIC VARIATION; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; ONTOGENY; PARAMETERIZATION; RAINFOREST; SEED SIZE; STEM; TROPICAL FOREST; VARIANCE ANALYSIS;

EID: 80053640037     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: 13652745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2745.2011.01883.x     Document Type: Article

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