Do shade-tolerant tropical tree seedlings depend longer on seed reserves? Functional growth analysis of three Bignoniaceae species

Functional Ecology

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 433-444

  Kitajima, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Energy and nitrogen reserves; Growth analysis; Light availability; Seedling establishment; Soil nitrogen

Indexed keywords

ENERGY BUDGET; GROWTH; LIGHT AVAILABILITY; NUTRIENT BUDGET; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; SHADE TOLERANCE; SOIL NITROGEN;

BIGNONIACEAE; PITHECOCTENIUM CRUCIGERUM; TABEBUIA ROSEA;

EID: 0036344863     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2435.2002.00641.x     Document Type: Article

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