Seedling functional types in a lowland rain forest in Mexico

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 88, Issue 1-12, 2001, Pages 1801-1812

  Ibarra Manríquez, Guillermo ^a   Martínez Ramos, Miguel ^a   Oyama, Ken ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE MATEMÁTICAS   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Angiosperm phylogeny; Lianas; Mexico; Seed dispersal; Seed size; Seedlings; Trees; Tropical rain forest

Indexed keywords

EID: 0012201399     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3558356     Document Type: Article

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