Strong radial variation in wood density follows a uniform pattern in two neotropical rain forests

Functional Ecology

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 684-692

  Hietz, Peter ^a   Valencia, Renato ^b   Joseph Wright, S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

^b PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DEL ECUADOR   (Ecuador)

^c SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

Author keywords

Biomass estimate; Biomechanics; Phylogenetic signal; Radial wood density gradient; Tropical rain forest; Wood function

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; DEMOGRAPHY; DROUGHT RESISTANCE; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FUNCTIONAL ROLE; NEOTROPICAL REGION; ONTOGENY; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYTOMASS; RAINFOREST; WOOD;

PANAMA [CENTRAL AMERICA];

EID: 84878168724     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: 13652435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2435.12085     Document Type: Article

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