Density and distance-to-adult effects of a canker disease of trees in a moist tropical forest

Oecologia

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 1994, Pages 100-108

  Gilbert, G S ^a   Foster, R B ^a,c   Hubbell, S P ^b  

^a SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Densitydependence; Janzen Connell hypothesis; Lauraceae; Ocotea whitei; Plant disease

Indexed keywords

CANKER; DISEASE; JANZEN-CONNELL HYPOTHESIS; TROPICAL MOIST FOREST;

PANAMA, BARRO COLORADO ISLAND;

BEILSCHMIEDIA PENDULA; LAURACEAE; OCOTEA WHITEI;

EID: 0028177137     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: 14321939     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00326095     Document Type: Article

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