Effects of topography, soil type and forest age on the frequency and size distribution of canopy gap disturbances in a tropical forest

Biogeosciences

Volumn 10, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 6769-6781

  Lobo, E ^a,b   Dalling, J W ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b DMCii   (United Kingdom)

^c SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; AGE; CANOPY GAP; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DISTURBANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FRACTIONATION; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; LANDSCAPE; LIDAR; OLD-GROWTH FOREST; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SOIL TYPE; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; TOPOGRAPHY; TREEFALL; TROPICAL FOREST;

PANAMA [CENTRAL AMERICA];

EID: 84887127702     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-10-6769-2013     Document Type: Article

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