Interspecific variation in seedling responses to seed limitation and habitat conditions for 14 Neotropical woody species

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 97, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 186-197

  Norden, Natalia ^a,e   Chave, Jérôme ^a   Belbenoit, Pierre ^b   Caubère, Adeline ^b   Châtelet, Patrick ^c   Forget, Pierre Michel ^b   Riéra, Bernard ^b   Viers, Jérôme ^d   Thébaud, Christophe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PAUL SABATIER   (France)

^b UMR 5176   (France)

^c UPS 2561   (French Guiana)

^d Environmental Research Observatory (ORE) HYBAM Centre IRD d'Ile de France   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental heterogeneity; French Guiana; Habitat preferences; Seed limitation; Seedling regeneration; Spatial distribution; Survival

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DISPERSAL; HABITAT SELECTION; INTERSPECIFIC VARIATION; POPULATION DENSITY; REGENERATION; SEED; SEEDLING; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SURVIVAL; WOOD;

FRENCH GUIANA; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 57649140421     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: 13652745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2745.2008.01444.x     Document Type: Article

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