Microhabitat associations and seedling bank dynamics in a neotropical forest

Oecologia

Volumn 141, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 701-712

  Baraloto, Christopher ^a   Goldberg, Deborah E ^b  

^a Campus Agronomique   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

French Guiana; Life history traits; Light availability; Regeneration niche; Soil nutrients

Indexed keywords

GROWTH RATE; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; LIGHT AVAILABILITY; MICROHABITAT; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; SEEDLING; SURVIVAL;

ANGIOSPERM; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; FRENCH GUIANA; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LIGHT; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SEEDLING; SOIL; TREE;

ANGIOSPERMS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; FRENCH GUIANA; LIGHT; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SEEDLING; SOIL; TREES;

FRENCH GUIANA; PARACOU; SOUTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

CAESALPINIOIDEAE; DICORYNIA GUIANENSIS; MYRISTICACEAE; VIROLA; VIROLA MICHELII;

EID: 11144341941     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-004-1691-3     Document Type: Article

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