Foliage dynamics, leaf traits, and growth of coexisting evergreen and deciduous trees in a tropical montane forest in Ethiopia

Trees - Structure and Function

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1495-1512

  Seyoum, Yigremachew ^a   Fetene, Masresha ^a   Strobl, Simone ^b   Beck, Erwin ^b  

^a ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Evergreen afromontane forest; Foliage phenophases; Functional tree types; Leaf traits; Synchrony; Tree growth

Indexed keywords

EVERGREEN AFROMONTANE FOREST; FUNCTIONAL TREE TYPES; LEAF TRAITS; SYNCHRONY; TREE GROWTH;

COMPETITION; DYNAMICS; ECOLOGY; MOISTURE; PHENOLS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SYNCHRONIZATION; VEGETATION;

FORESTRY;

COMPETITION; DYNAMICS; ECOLOGY; ETHIOPIA; FOLIAR ANALYSIS; FORESTS; MOISTURE CONTENT; PHENOLS; PLANTS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

AFROCARPUS FALCATUS; CROTON MACROSTACHYUS; GYMNOSPERMAE; PODOCARPUS; PRUNUS; PRUNUS AFRICANA; PYGEUM;

EID: 84866459054     PISSN: 09311890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00468-012-0723-6     Document Type: Article

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