Seed limitation in a Panamanian forest

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 93, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 853-862

  Svenning, Jens Christian ^a   Wright, S Joseph ^b  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

Author keywords

Community ecology; Dispersal assembly; Panama; Seed addition experiment; Seed limitation; Seed size; Seedling ecology; Seedling recruitment; Tropical ecology; Tropical forest

Indexed keywords

PLANT COMMUNITY; SEED DISPERSAL; SEED SIZE; SEEDLING EMERGENCE; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; SPATIAL VARIATION; TROPICAL FOREST;

CENTRAL AMERICA; PANAMA [CENTRAL AMERICA];

EID: 33644945740     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: 13652745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2745.2005.01016.x     Document Type: Article

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