Dispersal patterns and seed bank dynamics of pioneer trees in moist tropical forest

Ecology

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 564-578

  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

Cecropia insignis; Gap colonization; Miconia argentea; Panama; Pathogenic fungi; Pioneer; Seed dispersal; Seed predation; Seed rain; Soil seed bank

Indexed keywords

GAP DYNAMICS; PIONEER SPECIES; SEED BANK; SEED DISPERSAL; TREE;

BARRO COLORADO ISLAND; PANAMA;

CECROPIA; CECROPIA INSIGNIS; FUNGI; MELASTOMATACEAE; MICONIA; MICONIA ARGENTEA; MORACEAE;

EID: 0031856911     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(1998)079[0564:DPASBD]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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