Radial changes in wood specific gravity of tropical trees: Inter- and intraspecific variation during secondary succession

Functional Ecology

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 111-120

  Plourde, Benjamin T ^a,b   Boukili, Vanessa K ^a   Chazdon, Robin L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Allocation; Biomass estimate; Forest regeneration; Functional traits; Growth; Radial gradients; Second growth; Wood density

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS ALLOCATION; CHRONOSEQUENCE; DIAMETER; GENERALIST; GRAVITY; GROWTH RATE; INTERSPECIFIC VARIATION; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; SECONDARY SUCCESSION; STEM; TROPICAL FOREST; WOOD;

COSTA RICA;

EID: 84921327540     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: 13652435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2435.12305     Document Type: Article

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