Testing metabolic theory with models of tree growth that include light competition

Functional Ecology

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 759-765

  Rüger, Nadja ^a,b   Condit, Richard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^b SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

Author keywords

Allometric scaling; Barro Colorado Island; Hierarchical Bayesian model; Light competition; Metabolic scaling theory; Panama; Tropical rainforest

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; BODY SIZE; CANOPY; CENSUS; DEMOGRAPHY; DIAMETER; ERROR ANALYSIS; GROWTH RATE; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; LIGHT AVAILABILITY; METABOLISM; RAINFOREST; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; TESTING METHOD; TROPICAL FOREST;

BARRO COLORADO ISLAND; PANAMA [CENTRAL AMERICA]; PANAMA [PANAMA (NTN)];

EID: 84861229028     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: 13652435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2012.01981.x     Document Type: Article

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