Supply-side ecology in mangroves: Do propagule dispersal and seedling establishment explain forest structure?

Ecological Monographs

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 53-76

  Sousa, Wayne P ^a   Kennedy, Peter G ^a   Mitchell, Betsy J ^a   Ordóñez L, Benjamín M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

Author keywords

Avicennia germinans; Dispersal limitation; Hydrochory; Laguncularia racemosa; Mangrove; Propagule dispersal; Rhizophora mangle; Seedling establishment; Supply side ecology; Tidal sorting hypothesis; Tropical forests; Zonation

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; HYDROCHORY; MANGROVE; PROPAGULE; SEED DISPERSAL; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; TROPICAL FOREST;

CENTRAL AMERICA; COLON [PANAMA]; PANAMA [CENTRAL AMERICA]; PUNTA GALETA;

AVICENNIA; AVICENNIA GERMINANS; LAGUNCULARIA RACEMOSA; RHIZOPHORA; RHIZOPHORA MANGLE; RHIZOPHORACEAE;

EID: 34247167921     PISSN: 00129615     EISSN: 15577015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/05-1935     Document Type: Article

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