Size-dependent changes in leaf and wood chemical traits in two Caribbean rainforest trees

Tree Physiology

Volumn 33, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1338-1353

  Martin, Adam R ^a   Thomas, Sean C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

carbon; functional traits; leaf economics; non structural carbohydrates; size dependence; tree ontogeny; tropical forest; wood economics

Indexed keywords

CANOPY; CARBON; DEMOGRAPHY; FOREST DYNAMICS; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; INTERSPECIFIC VARIATION; LEAF; LEAF AREA; ONTOGENY; RAINFOREST; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; TREE; TROPICAL FOREST; WOOD;

CARBOHYDRATE; CARBON; NITROGEN;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; BURSERACEAE; CENTRAL AMERICA; CHEMISTRY; FUNCTIONAL TRAITS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LEAF ECONOMICS; MELASTOMATACEAE; NON-STRUCTURAL CARBOHYDRATES; PHENOTYPE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; REPRODUCTION; SIZE-DEPENDENCE; TREE ONTOGENY; TROPIC CLIMATE; TROPICAL RAIN FOREST; WOOD; WOOD ECONOMICS;

CARBON; FUNCTIONAL TRAITS; LEAF ECONOMICS; NON-STRUCTURAL CARBOHYDRATES; SIZE-DEPENDENCE; TREE ONTOGENY; TROPICAL FOREST; WOOD ECONOMICS;

BIOMASS; BURSERACEAE; CARBOHYDRATES; CARBON; CARIBBEAN REGION; MELASTOMATACEAE; NITROGEN; PHENOTYPE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT LEAVES; REPRODUCTION; TROPICAL CLIMATE; WOOD;

EID: 84891535628     PISSN: 0829318X     EISSN: 17584469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/treephys/tpt085     Document Type: Article

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