Survival and ecophysiology of tree seedlings during El Niño drought in a tropical moist forest in Panama

Journal of Tropical Ecology

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 569-579

  Engelbrecht, Bettina M J ^a,b   Wright, S Joseph ^b   De Steven, Diane ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^c USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

El Ni o Southern Oscillation; Panama; Quararibea asterolepis; Seedling survival; Stomatal conductance; Tetragastris panamensis; Trichilia tuberculata; Tropical forest; Water relations

Indexed keywords

DROUGHT RESISTANCE; ECOPHYSIOLOGY; EL NINO; SEEDLING; SURVIVAL; TROPICAL FOREST; WATER RELATIONS;

PANAMA;

ASTEROLEPIS; QUARARIBEA; TETRAGASTRIS; TETRAGASTRIS PANAMENSIS; TRICHILIA;

EID: 0036338959     PISSN: 02664674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0266467402002377     Document Type: Article

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