Does flood tolerance explain tree species distribution in tropical seasonally flooded habitats?

Oecologia

Volumn 136, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 193-204

  Lopez, Omar R ^a,c   Kursar, Thomas A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Panama; Root growth; Seasonality; Stomatal conductance; Swamps

Indexed keywords

ANOXIA; FLOODING; SEASONALITY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; DISASTER; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TABEBUIA; TREE; TROPIC CLIMATE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; BIOMASS; NATURAL DISASTERS; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT ROOTS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TABEBUIA; TREES; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

TABEBUIA;

EID: 0041709424     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-003-1259-7     Document Type: Article

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