Comparative drought-resistance of seedlings of 28 species of co-occurring tropical woody plants

Oecologia

Volumn 136, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 383-393

  Engelbrecht, Bettina M J ^a,b   Kursar, Thomas A ^a,b  

^a SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Growth; Irrigation; Soil moisture; Survival; Tropical moist forest

Indexed keywords

DROUGHT RESISTANCE; MICROHABITAT; SEEDLING; SOIL MOISTURE; TROPICAL FOREST;

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; DISASTER; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PLANT; PLANT LEAF; SEEDLING; SURVIVAL; TROPIC CLIMATE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; NATURAL DISASTERS; PLANT LEAVES; PLANTS; SEEDLING; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

EID: 0043198389     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-003-1290-8     Document Type: Article

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