Wind disturbance is an important ecological force in the tropics, especially in the cyclonic
and hurricane zones from about 7–20° latitude. Damage from intense winds may be …

Wood is the usual end product of a forestry operation. Because of its importance, numerous
studies have been made relative to wood prop erties, the causes of wood variation, and how …

There is growing recognition that classifying terrestrial plant species on the basis of their
function (into'functional types') rather than their higher taxonomic identity, is a promising way …

Independent studies have shown that both the constant-stress and the elastic instability
models describe the form of a plant's central stem. Teleologically, the constant stress model …

The problem of scale has been a critical impediment to incorporating important fine‐scale
processes into global ecosystem models. Our knowledge of fine‐scale physiological and …

1 Forest inventory data were collected in 1988-89 from permanent plots in undisturbed
tropical forest along an altitudinal transect on the northern slope of Volcan Barva, Costa …

Our knowledge of the ecology of tropical rain-forest trees is limited, with detailed information
available for perhaps only a few hundred of the many thousand of species that occur. Yet a …

Wood density is an important trait in trees indicative of their life history and mechanical and
physiological strategies. The following examines the evolutionary ecology of wood density …

Variation in climate and soils results in inter‐site differences in the assemblages of tree life
history strategies within a community, which has important implications for ecosystem …

Background and Aims When ecologically important plant traits are correlated they may be
said to constitute an ecological 'strategy'dimension. Through identifying these dimensions …