Partitioning of understorey light and dry-season soil moisture gradients among seedlings of four rain-forest tree species in Madagascar

Journal of Tropical Ecology

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 569-579

  De Gouvenain, Roland C ^a   Kobe, Richard K ^b   Silander Jr , John A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Drought; Gradient; Growth; Harungana madagascariensis; Ocotea cymosa; Regeneration; RGR; Stephanostegia capuronii; Survival; Tropical forest; Uapaca ferruginea

Indexed keywords

DROUGHT; DRY SEASON; GROWTH RATE; RAINFOREST; REGENERATION; SEEDLING; SOIL MOISTURE; SURVIVAL; TROPICAL FOREST; UNDERSTORY;

INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; MADAGASCAR;

HARUNGANA MADAGASCARIENSIS; OCOTEA; UAPACA;

EID: 35348844489     PISSN: 02664674     EISSN: 14697831     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0266467407004385     Document Type: Article

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