Soil seed bank community dynamics in seasonally moist lowland tropical forest, Panama

Journal of Tropical Ecology

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 659-680

  Dalling, J W ^a   Swaine, M D ^b   Garwood, Nancy C ^c  

^a SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^c DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Barro Colorado Island; Pioneer; Seed burial; Seed dispersal; Seed dormancy; Soil seed bank

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; SEED BANK; SEED DISPERSAL; SEED DORMANCY; TROPICAL FOREST;

BARRO COLORADO ISLAND; PANAMA;

TREMA; TREMA MICRANTHA;

EID: 0030757625     PISSN: 02664674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0266467400010853     Document Type: Article

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