Growth strategies of a shade-tolerant tropical tree: The interactive effects of canopy gaps and simulated herbivory

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 89, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 608-615

  Blundell, Arthur G ^a,b   Peart, David R ^a  

^a Dartmouth College   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Artificial defoliation; Gunung Palung National Park; Indonesia; Kalimantan Barat; Meristem damage; Overcompensation; Plant herbivore interactions; Seedlings; South east Asia; Tropics

Indexed keywords

APICAL MERISTEM; BORNEO; CANOPY; DEFOLIATION; ECOLOGY; HERBIVORY; LEAF DEVELOPMENT; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; PLANT ANATOMY AND MORPHOLOGY; PLANT ECOLOGY; PLANT GROWTH; SHADE; SIMULATION; SURVIVAL;

CANOPY GAP; GROWTH; HERBIVORY; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SHADE TOLERANCE;

ANIMALIA; DIPTEROCARPACEAE; SHOREA; SHOREA QUADRINERVIS;

EID: 0034880757     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.0022-0477.2001.00581.x     Document Type: Article

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