Gaps and root trenching increase tree seedling growth in panamanian semi-evergreen forest

Ecology

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 667-674

  Barberis, Ignacio M ^a,b   Tanner, Edmund V J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE ROSARIO   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Barro Colorado Nature Monument, Panama; Belowground competition; Lowland tropical semi evergreen forest; Nitrogen; Nutrient availability; Phosphorus; Seedling growth; Seedling mortality; Tree fall gaps; Trenching

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); GAP DYNAMICS; GROWTH RATE; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; SHADE TOLERANCE; TREEFALL;

CENTRAL AMERICA; PANAMA [CENTRAL AMERICA]; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

AMARA; ASPIDOSPERMA; ASPIDOSPERMA CRUENTA; GUSTAVIA; GUSTAVIA SUPERBA; SIMAROUBA; SIMAROUBA AMARA; SIMAROUBACEAE; TACHIGALI; TACHIGALI VERSICOLOR;

EID: 15244345688     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/04-0677     Document Type: Article

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