Are species adapted to their regeneration niche, adult niche, or both?

American Naturalist

Volumn 169, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 433-442

  Poorter, Lourens ^a,b  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Instituto Boliviano de Investigacion Forestal Bolivia   (Bolivia)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Functional traits; Light; Maximal size; Regeneration; Tropical rain forest

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; CORRELATION; NICHE; PHYLOGENETICS; RAINFOREST; REGENERATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEEDLING; SELECTION; TROPICAL FOREST;

ADAPTATION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BOLIVIA; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENT; GENETIC SELECTION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TREE;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BOLIVIA; ENVIRONMENT; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; PLANT LEAVES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELECTION (GENETICS); SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TREES;

BOLIVIA; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 33947399217     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/512045     Document Type: Article

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