Defoliation and growth in an understory palm: Quantifying the contributions of compensatory responses

Ecology

Volumn 84, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 2905-2918

  Anten, Niels P R ^a,c,d   Martínez Ramos, Miguel ^b   Ackerly, David D ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO DE MATEMÁTICAS   (Mexico)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Biomass allocation; Chamaedorea elegans; Compensatory growth; Defoliation; Growth analysis; Herbivory; Non timber forest products; Reproductive allocation; Specific leaf area; Tropical rain forest

Indexed keywords

COMPENSATION; DEFOLIATION; GROWTH MODELING; HERBIVORY; LIGHT AVAILABILITY; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; TROPICAL FOREST; UNDERSTORY;

ANIMALIA; CHAMAEDOREA; CHAMAEDOREA ELEGANS;

EID: 1342266976     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/02-0454     Document Type: Article

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