Treefall gaps and the maintenance of species diversity in a tropical forest

Ecology

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 913-919

  Schnitzer, S A ^a   Carson, W P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Barro Colorado Island; Forest regeneration; Gap hypothesis; Lianas; Panama; Pioneer trees; Shade tolerant trees; Species diversity; Treefall gaps; Tropical forest

Indexed keywords

CANOPY GAP; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TREEFALL; TROPICAL FOREST;

BARRO COLORADO ISLAND; PANAMA;

EID: 0035062796     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(2001)082[0913:TGATMO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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