Soil type affects seedling shade response at low light for two Inga species from Costa Rica

Plant and Soil

Volumn 319, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 25-35

  Palow, D T ^a,c   Oberbauer, S F ^a,b  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FAIRCHILD TROPICAL BOTANIC GARDEN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

La Selva biological station; Net assimilation rate; Red:far red ratio; Relative growth rate; Shade tolerance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ASSIMILATION EFFICIENCY; BIOMASS ALLOCATION; GENERALIST; GROWTH RATE; LEGUME; LIGHT EFFECT; LIGHT QUALITY; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; PHOSPHORUS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; SHADE TOLERANCE; SHADING; SOIL NUTRIENT; SOIL TYPE; SPECIALIST; UNDERSTORY;

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

INGA;

EID: 67349121650     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-008-9846-3     Document Type: Article

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