Differential seedling growth response to soil resource availability among nine neotropical tree species

Journal of Tropical Ecology

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 487-497

  Baraloto, Christopher ^a,b   Bonal, Damien ^b   Goldberg, Deborah E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b Campus Agronomique   (France)

Author keywords

Biomass allocation; Dicorynia; Drought stress; Eperua; French Guiana; Goupia; Jacaranda; Plasticity; Qualea; Recordoxylon; Relative growth rate; Sextonia; Soil phosphorus; Specific leaf area; Virola

Indexed keywords

ASSIMILATION EFFICIENCY; BIOMASS ALLOCATION; GROWTH RATE; NEOTROPICAL REGION; PHOSPHATE; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; SOIL; TREE;

EPERUA GRANDIFLORA;

EID: 33746643855     PISSN: 02664674     EISSN: 14697831     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0266467406003439     Document Type: Article

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