Gap-dependent recruitment, realized vital rates, and size distributions of tropical trees

Ecology

Volumn 84, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 3174-3185

  Wright, S Joseph ^a   Muller Landau, Helene C ^b   Condit, Richard ^a   Hubbell, Stephen P ^a,c  

^a SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ECOLOGICAL ANALYSIS AND SYNTHESIS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Barro Colorado Island, Panama; Functional groups; Gap dependence; Guilds; Life history; Ontogenetic shifts; Panama; Shade tolerance; Size distribution; Tree fall gap; Tropical trees; Wood density

Indexed keywords

CANOPY GAP; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; GAP DYNAMICS; GROWTH RATE; MORTALITY; RECRUITMENT; SHADE TOLERANCE; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; TREE; TROPICAL FOREST;

BARRO COLORADO ISLAND; CENTRAL AMERICA; GATUN LAKE; PANAMA [CENTRAL AMERICA];

EID: 1342267064     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/02-0038     Document Type: Article

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