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Caloric Value of Wet Tropical Forest Vegetation
Author(s) -
Golley Frank B.
Publication year - 1969
Publication title -
ecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.144
H-Index - 294
eISSN - 1939-9170
pISSN - 0012-9658
DOI - 10.2307/1933913
Subject(s) - vegetation (pathology) , tropical vegetation , temperate climate , tropical forest , temperate forest , vegetation type , ecology , tropics , mangrove , environmental science , geography , panama , tropical climate , temperate rainforest , ecosystem , biology , grassland , medicine , pathology
Energy values of tropical forest vegetation collected in the Republic of Panama differed significantly depending upon the type of forest and the vegetation part sampled. The pattern of difference was complex, with maximum values varying with the plant part and the forest type. Mangrove generally had higher values than other tropical forests. These observations support the earlier conclusion that tropical vegetation has lower energy values than temperate or alpine vegetation.