Functional and environmental determinants of bark thickness in fire-free temperate rain forest communities

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 102, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 1590-1598

  Richardson, Sarah J ^a   Laughlin, Daniel C ^b   Lawes, Michael J ^c   Holdaway, Robert J ^a   Wilmshurst, Janet M ^a,d   Wright, Monique ^e   Curran, Timothy J ^e   Bellingham, Peter J ^a   McGlone, Matt S ^a  

^a LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

^c CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^e LINCOLN UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Allometry; Community weighted mean; Environmental filtering; Fire history; Functional trait; Pathogens; Plant economics spectrum; Size independent bark traits

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; ANATOMY; BARK; BIOMASS ALLOCATION; CONIFEROUS TREE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FIRE HISTORY; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; LEAF; PLANT COMMUNITY; RAINFOREST; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

NEW ZEALAND;

CONIFEROPHYTA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANGIOSPERM; BARK; CONIFER; FIRE; NEW ZEALAND; RAIN FOREST; TREE;

ANGIOSPERMS; CONIFEROPHYTA; FIRES; NEW ZEALAND; PLANT BARK; RAINFOREST; TREES;

EID: 84944472891     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: 15372197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3732/ajb.1500157     Document Type: Article

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