Demographic drivers of tree biomass change during secondary succession in northeastern Costa Rica

Ecological Applications

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 506-516

  Rozendaal, Danae M A ^a   Chazdon, Robin L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomass accumulation; Costa rica; Forest dynamics; Generalists; La selva biological station; Old growth vs. Second growth forest; Specialists; Successional groups; Tree demography; Tropical forest succession; Wet tropical forest

Indexed keywords

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOMASS; CARBON SINK; CHRONOSEQUENCE; FOREST DYNAMICS; GENERALIST; GROWTH; MORTALITY; OLD-GROWTH FOREST; SPECIALIST;

BIOMASS; COSTA RICA; ECOSYSTEM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; TIME; TREE;

BIOMASS; COSTA RICA; ECOSYSTEM; GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT; TIME FACTORS; TREES;

COSTA RICA;

PENTACLETHRA MACROLOBA;

EID: 84964206621     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19395582     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/14-0054.1     Document Type: Article

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