Tolerance of soil pathogens co-varies with shade tolerance across species of tropical tree seedlings

Ecology

Volumn 89, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1883-1892

  McCarthy Neumann, Sarah ^a   Kobe, Richard K ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Common vs. rare species; Density dependence; Janzen Connell hypothesis; Plant soil feedback; Shade tolerance; Soil pathogens; Species coexistence; Tropical forests

Indexed keywords

DENSITY DEPENDENCE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GROWTH RESPONSE; LIFE HISTORY; MORTALITY; PATHOGEN; SHADE TOLERANCE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SURVIVORSHIP; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT;

CENTRAL AMERICA; COSTA RICA; LA SELVA BIOLOGICAL STATION; LIMON;

ARTICLE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LIGHT; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT DISEASE; PLANT LEAF; SEEDLING; TREE;

LIGHT; PLANT DISEASES; PLANT LEAVES; SEEDLING; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; TREES;

EID: 54549088760     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/07-0211.1     Document Type: Article

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