Radial variation in wood specific gravity of tropical tree species differing in growth-mortality strategies

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 101, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 803-811

  Osazuwa Peters, Oyomoare L ^a   Wright, S Joseph ^b   Zanne, Amy E ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

^b SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^c GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN   (United States)

Author keywords

Aboveground biomass; Growth mortality trade off; Panama; Wood density

Indexed keywords

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; DENSITY; ESTIMATION METHOD; GROWTH RESPONSE; INTERSPECIFIC VARIATION; MORTALITY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TREE; WOOD;

PANAMA [CENTRAL AMERICA];

BIOMASS; FOREST; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PANAMA; RELATIVE DENSITY; TREE; TROPIC CLIMATE; WOOD;

BIOMASS; FORESTS; PANAMA; SPECIFIC GRAVITY; TREES; TROPICAL CLIMATE; WOOD;

EID: 84900812206     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3732/ajb.1400040     Document Type: Article

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