Toward trait-based mortality models for tropical forests.

Tree mortality in tropical forests is a complex ecological process for which modelling approaches need to be improved to better understand, and then predict, the evolution of tree mortality in response to global change. The mortality model introduced here computes an individual probability of dying...

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Main Authors: Mélaine Aubry-Kientz, Bruno Hérault, Charles Ayotte-Trépanier, Christopher Baraloto, Vivien Rossi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3652824?pdf=render