Intra- and interspecific tree growth across a long altitudinal gradient in the Peruvian Andes

Ecology

Volumn 93, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 2061-2072

  Rapp, Joshua M ^a,e   Silman, Miles R ^a   Clark, James S ^b   Girardin, Cecile A J ^c   Galiano, Darcy ^d   Tito, Richard ^d   Doak, D F ^f  

^a WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE SAN ANTONIO ABAD DEL CUSCO   (Peru)

^e HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f NONE

Author keywords

Altitudinal gradient; Andes; Climate change; Species migration; Temperature gradient; Tree diameter growth; Tropical montane cloud forest; Weinmannia spp

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDINAL ZONATION; CLOUD FOREST; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; GLOBAL CHANGE; GROWTH RATE; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; INTRASPECIFIC INTERACTION; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; TREE;

ANDES; PERU;

WEINMANNIA;

EID: 84866954289     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/11-1725.1     Document Type: Article

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