Interspecific variation in rates of trunk wound closure in a Panamanian lowland forest

Biotropica

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 23-29

  Guariguata, Manuel R ^a,c   Gilbert, Gregory S ^b  

^a CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL FORESTRY RESEARCH   (Indonesia)

^b SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^c CATIE   (Costa Rica)

Author keywords

Antibacterial activity; Antifungal activity; Callus; Latex; Panam ; Resin; Tree damage; Tropical moist forest; Trunk wound closure

Indexed keywords

ALSEIS; GUSTAVIA; MICARIA; POULSENIA; PROTIUM; TETRAGASTRIS; ALSEIS BLACKIANA; GUSTAVIA SUPERBA; MICRONIA ARGENTEA; POULSENIA ARMATA; PROTIUM PANAMENSE; PROTIUM TENUIFOLIUM; TETRAGASTRIS PANAMENSIS;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; CALLUS; LATEX; RAINFOREST; RESIN; WOUND CLOSURE;

PANAMA, BARRO COLORADO ISLAND;

EID: 0029769234     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2388768     Document Type: Article

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