Ecophysiological traits may explain the abundance of climbing plant species across the light gradient in a temperate rainforest

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Gianoli, Ernesto ^a,b,c   Saldaña, Alfredo ^b   Jiménez Castillo, Mylthon ^d  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE BIOLOGÍA   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

^c PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^d UNIVERSIDAD AUSTRAL DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL TRAIT; CANOPY; CLIMBING PLANT; ECOPHYSIOLOGIC TRAIT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPLOITATION; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; EVERGREEN RAIN FOREST; GENETIC VARIABILITY; LEAF AREA; LEAF GAS EXCHANGE; LIGHT; MORPHOLOGICAL TRAIT; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PHOTOSYNTHETIC RATE; PLANT DENSITY; PLANT GENETICS; PLANT LEAF; PREDICTION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPECIES DOMINANCE; TEMPERATE RAIN FOREST;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; CHILE; CISSUS; ECOSYSTEM; HYDRANGEA; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; PLANT SHOOTS; PLANTS; POPULATION DENSITY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SUNLIGHT; TREES;

EID: 84862013868     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0038831     Document Type: Article

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