The relationship between seed mass and mean time to germination for 1037 tree species across five tropical forests

Functional Ecology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 203-210

  Norden, Natalia ^a,d   Daws, Matthew I ^b   Antoine, Camille ^a   Gonzalez, Mailyn A ^a   Garwood, Nancy C ^c   Chave, Jerome ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PAUL SABATIER   (France)

^b ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS   (United Kingdom)

^c SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Mean time to germination; Phylogenetically independent contrasts; Seed mass; Trait conservatism; Tropical trees

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEM MODELING; GERMINATION; MORTALITY RISK; PREDICTION; SEED PREDATION; TROPICAL FOREST;

AFRICA; ASIA; BRAZIL; CENTRAL AMERICA; COTE D'IVOIRE; EURASIA; INDIA; MALAYSIA; PANAMA [CENTRAL AMERICA]; SOUTH AMERICA; SOUTH ASIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 58349119565     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: 13652435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2008.01477.x     Document Type: Article

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