Traits and growth of liana regeneration in primary and secondary forests of Central Amazonia

Applied Vegetation Science

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 108-118

  Roeder, Mareike ^a   Hölscher, Dirk ^a   Kossmann Ferraz, Isolde D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Canopy cover; Herbivory; Leaf area; Relative growth rate; Specific leaf area; Stem slenderness; Tropical forest; Width length ratio

Indexed keywords

CECROPIA; VISMIA;

EID: 84855997080     PISSN: 14022001     EISSN: 1654109X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1654-109X.2011.01152.x     Document Type: Article

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