Mast fruiting and seedling survival of the ectomycorrhizal, monodominant Dicymbe corymbosa (Caesalpiniaceae) in Guyana

New Phytologist

Volumn 167, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 543-556

  Henkel, Terry W ^a   Mayor, Jordan R ^a   Woolley, Lance P ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dicymbe corymbosa (Caesalpiniaceae); Ectomycorrhizas; Forest ecology; Guiana Shield; Mast fruiting; Monodominance; Neotropics

Indexed keywords

ECTOMYCORRHIZA; SEED PRODUCTION; SEEDLING; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; SURVIVAL;

GUYANA; PACARAIMA MOUNTAINS; SOUTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

CAESALPINIOIDEAE; DICYMBE CORYMBOSA;

MINERAL;

ARTICLE; CHRONOBIOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; GERMINATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; GUYANA; LEGUME; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCORRHIZA; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT SEED; SEEDLING; SOIL; SYMBIOSIS; TROPIC CLIMATE;

CHRONOBIOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; FABACEAE; GERMINATION; GUYANA; MINERALS; MYCORRHIZAE; SEEDLING; SEEDS; SOIL; SYMBIOSIS; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

EID: 25144441286     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2005.01431.x     Document Type: Article

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