Annual and spatial variation in seedfall and seedling recruitment in a neotropical forest

Ecology

Volumn 86, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 848-860

  Wright, S Joseph ^a   Muller Landau, Helene C ^b,c   Calderón, Osvaldo ^a   Hernandéz, Andrés ^a  

^a SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Barro Colorado Island; Density dependence; Lianas; Masting; Panama; Pest satiation; Seed production; Seedling recruitment; Tropical trees

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; RECRUITMENT; SEED PRODUCTION; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; SPATIAL VARIATION;

BARRO COLORADO ISLAND; CENTRAL AMERICA; GATUN LAKE; PANAMA [CENTRAL AMERICA]; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 16844384893     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/03-0750     Document Type: Article

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