Consequences of variable reproduction for seedling recruitment in three neotropical tree species

Ecology

Volumn 83, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 2315-2327

  De Steven, Diane ^a,c   Wright, S Joseph ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^b SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^c USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Barro Colorado Island, Panama; Density dependence; Quararibea asterolepis; Recruitment limitation; Seed production; Seedling demography; Tetragastris panamensis; Trichilia tuberculata; Tropical tree demography

Indexed keywords

FOREST DYNAMICS; LIMITING FACTOR; RECRUITMENT; SEED PRODUCTION; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TROPICAL FOREST;

BARRO COLORADO ISLAND; PANAMA;

ASTEROLEPIS; QUARARIBEA; QUARARIBEA ASTEROLEPIS; TETRAGASTRIS; TETRAGASTRIS PANAMENSIS; TRICHILIA; TRICHILIA TUBERCULATA;

EID: 0038477002     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(2002)083[2315:COVRFS]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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