Drought effects on seedling survival in a tropical moist forest

Trees - Structure and Function

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 312-321

  Engelbrecht, Bettina M J ^a   Kursar, Thomas A ^a,b   Tyree, Melvin T ^c  

^a SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^c USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Drought performance; Irrigation; Mortality; Soil moisture; Tropical moist forest

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; DROUGHT; FORESTRY; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; MOISTURE; PLANTS (BOTANY); SOILS; WOOD;

DROUGHT PERIODS; PLANT SPECIES; PLANT STRESS; SOIL MOISTURE AVAILABILITY; TROPICAL MOIST FOREST;

RAIN;

BIODIVERSITY; DROUGHT; FORESTRY; PLANTS; RAIN; SOIL; TROPICS; WOOD;

EID: 21244445916     PISSN: 09311890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00468-004-0393-0     Document Type: Article

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