Damage and herbivory tolerance through resprouting as an advantage of large seed size in tropical trees and lianas

Journal of Tropical Ecology

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 617-621

  Harms, Kyle E ^a   Dalling, James W ^b  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

Author keywords

Barro Colorado Island; Herbivory; PanamA; Resprout; Seed; Seedling; Tolerance; Tropics

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030863763     PISSN: 02664674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0266467400010750     Document Type: Article

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