Comparative physiology and demography of three Neotropical forest shrubs: alternative shade-adaptive character syndromes

Oecologia

Volumn 96, Issue 4, 1993, Pages 526-536

  Mulkey, Stephen S ^a   Wright, S Joseph ^b   Smith, Alan P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

^b SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

Author keywords

Leaf longevity; Phenology; Photosynthetic capacity; Rubiaceae; Survivorship

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHY; ECOPHYSIOLOGY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS;

PANAMA, BARRO COLORADO ISLAND;

PSYCHOTRIA FURCATA; PSYCHOTRIA LIMONENSIS; PSYCHOTRIA MARGINATA; RUBIACEAE;

EID: 0027333468     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: 14321939     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00320510     Document Type: Article

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