Patterns of growth, recruitment, mortality and biomass across an altitudinal gradient in a neotropical montane forest, Dominican Republic

Journal of Tropical Ecology

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 483-495

  Sherman, Ruth E ^a   Fahey, Timothy J ^a   Martin, Patrick H ^b   Battles, John J ^c  

^a Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics   (United States)

^b Department of Ecosystem Science and Sustainability   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

biomass; cloud forest; disturbance; elevation gradient; growth; mortality; recruitment

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDINAL ZONATION; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CLOUD FOREST; FOREST FIRE; GROWTH RATE; MONTANE FOREST; MORTALITY; NEOTROPIC ECOZONE; PHYTOMASS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); STAND DYNAMICS;

CORDILLERA CENTRAL [DOMINICAN REPUBLIC]; DOMINICAN REPUBLIC;

EID: 84865800057     PISSN: 02664674     EISSN: 14697831     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0266467412000478     Document Type: Article

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