Leaf, stem and root tissue strategies across 758 Neotropical tree species

Functional Ecology

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1153-1161

  Fortunel, Claire ^a   Fine, Paul V A ^b   Baraloto, Christopher ^a,c  

^a Campus Agronomique   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

French Guiana; Functional trade offs; Leaf economics; Peru; Plant traits; Tropical forest; Wood economics

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION; LEAF; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; META-ANALYSIS; NEOTROPICAL REGION; PHYLOGENETICS; STEM; TRADE-OFF; TROPICAL FOREST;

AMAZONIA; FRENCH GUIANA; PERU;

EID: 84866937275     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: 13652435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2012.02020.x     Document Type: Article

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