Dependence of Forest Structure and Dynamics on Substrate Age and Ecosystem Development

Ecosystems

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1156-1167

  Kellner, James R ^a,b   Asner, Gregory P ^a   Vitousek, Peter M ^c   Tweiten, Michael A ^d   Hotchkiss, Sara ^d   Chadwick, Oliver A ^e  

^a GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Canopy gap; Carbon; Disturbance; Forest dynamics; Hawaii; LiDAR; Rain forest

Indexed keywords

AIRBORNE SURVEY; CANOPY GAP; DISTURBANCE; ECOSYSTEM DYNAMICS; FIELD SURVEY; FOREST DYNAMICS; LIDAR; PRIMARY SUCCESSION; RAINFOREST; REMOTE SENSING; SUBSTRATE; TROPICAL REGION;

HAWAII [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80855130694     PISSN: 14329840     EISSN: 14350629     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10021-011-9472-4     Document Type: Article

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