Seedling interactions in a tropical forest in Panama

Oecologia

Volumn 155, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 143-150

  Svenning, J C ^a,b   Fabbro, T ^c   Wright, S J ^b  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Barro Colorado Island; Competition; Generalized linear mixed models; Neutral theory; Plant community assembly

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONSPECIFIC; EVOLUTIONARY THEORY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GROWTH RATE; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; NUMERICAL MODEL; SHADE TOLERANCE; SURVIVAL; TRANSPLANTATION; TROPICAL FOREST; UNDERSTORY;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PANAMA; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; SEEDLING; TREE; TROPIC CLIMATE;

BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM; PANAMA; PLANT LEAVES; SEEDLING; TREES; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

BARRO COLORADO ISLAND; CENTRAL AMERICA; GATUN LAKE; PANAMA [CENTRAL AMERICA];

EID: 38649123066     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-007-0884-y     Document Type: Article

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