Spatial patterns of above-ground structure, biomass and composition in a network of six Andean elevation transects

Plant Ecology and Diversity

Volumn 7, Issue 1-2, 2014, Pages 161-171

  Girardin, Cécile A J ^a   Farfan Rios, William ^b   Garcia, Karina ^b   Feeley, Keneth J ^c   Jørgensen, Peter M ^d   Murakami, Alejandro Araujo ^e   Cayola Pérez, Leslie ^d   Seidel, Renate ^f   Paniagua, Narel ^g   Fuentes Claros, Alfredo F ^d   Maldonado, Carla ^f   Silman, Miles ^b   Salinas, Norma ^a   Reynel, Carlos ^h   Neill, David A ^d   Serrano, Martha ⁱ   Caballero, Carlos J ^e   La Torre Cuadros, María de los Angeles ^h   Macía, Maria J ^j   Killeen, Timothy J ^k   Malhi, Yadvinder ^a   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN   (United States)

^e Museo de Historia Natural Noel Kempff Mercado   (Bolivia)

^f Herbario Nacional de Bolivia   (Bolivia)

^g UNIVERSIDAD MAYOR DE SAN ANDRÉS   (Bolivia)

^h UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AGRARIA LA MOLINA   (Peru)

ⁱ Sucre   (Bolivia)

^j CSIC   (Spain)

^k World Wildlife Fund Inc   (United States)

more..

Author keywords

Andes; biomass; ecophysiology; elevation gradient; forest composition; precipitation; temperature; tropical montane forests

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893321715     PISSN: 17550874     EISSN: 17551668     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17550874.2013.820806     Document Type: Article

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