Role of dispersal in the recruitment limitation of neotropical pioneer species

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 90, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 714-727

  Dalling, J W ^a,c,e   Muller Landau, H C ^b   Wright, S J ^c   Hubbell, S P ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^e 265 Morrill Hall ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Dispersal limitation; Gap; Seed limitation; Seedling distribution pattern; Seedling establishment

Indexed keywords

CANOPY GAP; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DISPERSAL; LIMITING FACTOR; PIONEER SPECIES; RECRUITMENT; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SEEDLING EMERGENCE;

PANAMA;

EID: 0036348452     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2745.2002.00706.x     Document Type: Article

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