Competition from below for light and nutrients shifts productivity among tropical species

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 105, Issue 48, 2008, Pages 18836-18841

  Ewel, John J ^a   Mazzarino, María Julia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL COMAHUE   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Complementarity; Diversity; Ecosystem functioning; Fertile soil; Plant competition

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BODY HEIGHT; COMPETITION; DECIDUOUS PLANT; ECOSYSTEM; GROWTH; HERB; HORTICULTURE; INTERSPECIFIC RELATIONSHIP; LIGHT; NATURAL SCIENCE; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT; PERENNIAL PLANT; PLANT COMMUNITY; PLANT GROWTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCTIVITY; SEED DISPERSAL; SPECIES; TROPICS;

BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; COSTA RICA; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; FOOD; PLANTS; SUNLIGHT; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

EID: 57749084632     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0807216105     Document Type: Article

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