Tropical montane cloud forest: Environmental drivers of vegetation structure and ecosystem function

Journal of Tropical Ecology

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 355-367

  Fahey, Timothy J ^a   Sherman, Ruth E ^a   Tanner, Edmund V J ^b  

^a Cornell University ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

epiphyte; fog; nitrogen; productivity; root : shoot ratio

Indexed keywords

ABOVEGROUND PRODUCTION; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; CLOUD FOREST; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPIPHYTE; FOG; LEAF AREA INDEX; LIGHT AVAILABILITY; MONTANE FOREST; NITROGEN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; ROOT-SHOOT RATIO; TROPICAL REGION; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

EID: 84946771707     PISSN: 02664674     EISSN: 14697831     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0266467415000176     Document Type: Article

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