Response to phosphorus supply of tropical tree seedlings: A comparison between a pioneer species Tapirira obtusa and a climax species Lecythis corrugata

New Phytologist

Volumn 132, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 97-102

  Raaimakers, Dorinne ^a,b   Lambers, Hans ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Tropenbos Office   (Guyana)

Author keywords

Distribution and growth; Lecythis corrugata Poit.; Phosphorus; Storage; Tapirira obtusa (Benth.) Mitchell

Indexed keywords

LECYTHIS CORRUGATA; TAPIRIRA OBTUSA;

PHOSPHORUS; PIONEER TREE; RELATIVE GROWTH RATE;

GUYANA;

EID: 0029669088     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.1996.tb04513.x     Document Type: Review

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