1. REGIONAL AND PHYLOGENETIC VARIATION OF WOOD DENSITY ACROSS 2456 NEOTROPICAL TREE SPECIES.
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Chave, Jérôme, Muller-Landau, Helene C., Baker, Timothy R., Easdale, Tomás A., ter Steege, Hans, and Webb, Campbell O.
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WOOD density ,RESEARCH ,PHYLOGENY ,FORESTS & forestry ,MULTIPURPOSE trees ,CARBON dioxide sinks ,GEOGRAPHICAL research - Abstract
The article focuses on the study that investigates the regional and phylogenetic variation of wood density among 2456 tree species form the Central and South America. According to the author, wood density is an important variable in carbon accounting platforms of an old-growth tropical forest and the finest descriptor of wood since it corresponds with numerous morphological, mechanical, physiological and ecological properties. The geographical analysis determined substantial decreased in wood density with increasing altitude and important variations among low-altitude geographical regions.
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- 2006
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