Pre-dispersal and early post-dispersal demography, and reproductive litter production, in the tropical tree Dicymbe altsonii in Guyana

Journal of Tropical Ecology

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 511-526

  Zagt, Roderick J ^a,b  

^a Tropenbos Guyana Programme   (Guyana)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Disrobe altsonii; Flower abortion; Fruiting; Guyana; Leguminosae; Litterfall; Nutr ient dynamics; Phosporus; Seed demography; Tropical rainforest

Indexed keywords

CAESALPINIOIDEAE; DICYMBE; DICYMBE ALTSONII; FABACEAE; INSECTA; VERTEBRATA; CAESALPINIACEAE;

DEMOGRAPHY; DISPERSAL; LITTER PRODUCTION; RAINFOREST;

GUYANA;

EID: 0030614022     PISSN: 02664674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0266467400010683     Document Type: Article

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