Developmental changes in habitat associations of tropical trees

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 95, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 482-492

  Comita, Liza S ^a,d   Condit, Richard ^b,c   Hubbell, Stephen P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR ECOLOGICAL ANALYSIS AND SYNTHESIS   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dispersal limitation; Edaphic specialization; Environmental heterogeneity; Habitat preference; Regeneration niche; Tropical tree seedlings

Indexed keywords

HABITAT SELECTION; HABITAT TYPE; REGENERATION; SEED DISPERSAL; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; SHRUB; TREE; TROPICAL FOREST;

CENTRAL AMERICA; PANAMA [CENTRAL AMERICA];

EID: 34247207158     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: 13652745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2745.2007.01229.x     Document Type: Article

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