Rapid Structural and Compositional Change in an Old-Growth Subtropical Forest: Using Plant Traits to Identify Probable Drivers

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 2013, Pages

  Malizia, Agustina ^a   Easdale, Tomás A ^b   Grau, H Ricardo ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE TUCUMÁN   (Argentina)

^b LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RAIN;

ALLOPHYLUS EDULIS; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; CARBON DIOXIDE FERTILIZATION; COMMUNITY SUCCESSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECIDUOUS PLANT; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EUGENIA; EUGENIA UNIFLORA; EVERGREEN; FOREST; FOREST STRUCTURE; GRAZING; HERBIVORE; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; LONGEVITY; NONHUMAN; OLD GROWTH SUBTROPICAL FOREST; PIPER (PLANT); PIPER TUCUMANUM; PLANT LEAF; PLANT REPRODUCTION; PLANT STEM; PLANT STRUCTURES; POPULATION GROWTH; POPULATION SIZE; PREDICTION; SHADE TOLERANCE; TEMPERATURE; TREE; TROPICAL RAIN FOREST; UNGULATE;

RAIN; TEMPERATURE; TREES; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

EID: 84884259289     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0073546     Document Type: Article

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