Linking individual-level functional traits to tree growth in a subtropical forest

Ecology

Volumn 97, Issue 9, 2016, Pages 2396-2405

  Liu, Xiaojuan ^a,b   Swenson, Nathan G ^c   Lin, Dunmei ^d   Mi, Xiangcheng ^a   Umaña, María Natalia ^c   Schmid, Bernhard ^b   Ma, Keping ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c University of Maryland   (United States)

^d CHONGQING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cold season; Functional traits; Growth rate; Long Term; Neighborhood; Short Term growth; Soil nutrients; Warm season

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE EFFECT; CORRELATION; FORAGE; GROWTH RATE; LONG-TERM CHANGE; MORTALITY; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PHENOTYPE; SOIL NUTRIENT; SUBTROPICAL REGION; TREE; WINTER;

FOREST; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; TREE; TROPIC CLIMATE;

FORESTS; PHENOTYPE; TREES; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

EID: 84985991107     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ecy.1445     Document Type: Article

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