Seasonal water stress tolerance and habitat associations within four neotropical tree genera

Ecology

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 478-489

  Baraloto, Christopher ^a   Morneau, François ^b   Bonal, Damien ^a   Blanc, Lilian ^a   Ferry, Bruno ^b  

^a Campus Agronomique   (France)

^b AGROPARISTECH   (France)

Author keywords

Drought tolerance; French Guiana; Photosynthetic capacity; Phylogenetically independent contrast; Relative growth rate; Seasonally flooded forest; Specific leaf area; Torus translation method; Tropical forest

Indexed keywords

WATER;

DROUGHT STRESS; GROWTH RATE; GROWTH RESPONSE; HABITAT SELECTION; LEAF AREA; SURVIVAL; TOLERANCE; TREE; TROPICAL FOREST; WATER STRESS;

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; FRENCH GUIANA; GUTTIFERAE; MYRISTICACEAE; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON; TREE; TROPIC CLIMATE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; CLUSIACEAE; ECOSYSTEM; FRENCH GUIANA; MYRISTICACEAE; SEASONS; TREES; TROPICAL CLIMATE; WATER;

FRENCH GUIANA; SOUTH AMERICA;

CAESALPINIOIDEAE; CLUSIACEAE; EPERUA; EPERUA FALCATA; EPERUA GRANDIFLORA; IRYANTHERA; MYRISTICACEAE; SYMPHONIA; VIROLA;

EID: 34247161201     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(2007)88[478:SWSTAH]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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