Plant Biomass Allocation across a Precipitation Gradient: An Approach to Seasonally Dry Tropical Forest at Yucatán, Mexico

Ecosystems

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1234-1244

  Roa Fuentes, Lilia L ^a   Campo, Julio ^a   Parra Tabla, Víctor ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE YUCATÁN   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Allometry; Isometric scaling; Root biomass; Stem biomass; Stem:root ratio; Water availability gradient

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; BIOMASS ALLOCATION; DRY FOREST; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; PHYTOMASS; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); ROOT-SHOOT RATIO; SEASONAL VARIATION; STEM; TROPICAL FOREST; WATER AVAILABILITY;

YUCATAN PENINSULA;

EID: 84870599286     PISSN: 14329840     EISSN: 14350629     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10021-012-9578-3     Document Type: Article

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