Wood specific gravity and anatomy of branches and roots in 113 Amazonian rainforest tree species across environmental gradients

New Phytologist

Volumn 202, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 79-94

  Fortunel, Claire ^a   Ruelle, Julien ^a,b   Beauchêne, Jacques ^a   Fine, Paul V A ^c   Baraloto, Christopher ^a,d  

^a Campus Agronomique   (France)

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Amazonian forests; Branch; Environmental gradients; Neotropical trees; Root; Wood anatomical traits; Wood density; Wood functions

Indexed keywords

RAIN;

AMAZONIAN FORESTS; ARTICLE; BRANCH; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENTS; FRENCH GUIANA; HISTOLOGY; NEOTROPICAL TREES; PHYLOGENY; PLANT ROOT; PLANT STEM; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT; RELATIVE DENSITY; ROOT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TREE; TROPIC CLIMATE; WOOD; WOOD ANATOMICAL TRAITS; WOOD DENSITY; WOOD FUNCTIONS;

AMAZONIAN FORESTS; BRANCH; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENTS; NEOTROPICAL TREES; ROOT; WOOD ANATOMICAL TRAITS; WOOD DENSITY; WOOD FUNCTIONS;

ECOSYSTEM; FRENCH GUIANA; PHYLOGENY; PLANT ROOTS; PLANT STEMS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT, HERITABLE; RAIN; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SPECIFIC GRAVITY; TREES; TROPICAL CLIMATE; WOOD;

EID: 84894484005     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/nph.12632     Document Type: Article

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