When sex is not enough: Ecological correlates of resprouting capacity in congeneric tropical forest shrubs

Oecologia

Volumn 161, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 43-56

  Lasso, Eloisa ^a,b   Engelbrecht, Bettina M J ^a,c   Dalling, James W ^a,b  

^a SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Asexual reproduction; Life history; Piper; Seed germination; Shade tolerance

Indexed keywords

CARBON; NITROGEN;

ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION; CLONE; COEXISTENCE; GAP DYNAMICS; LIFE HISTORY; LOWLAND ENVIRONMENT; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; RESPROUTING; SEEDLING EMERGENCE; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; SHADE TOLERANCE; SHRUB; TROPICAL FOREST;

ADAPTATION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION; GERMINATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LIGHT; METABOLISM; PANAMA; PHYSIOLOGY; PIPERACEAE; PLANT LEAF; POPULATION GENETICS; SEEDLING; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TROPIC CLIMATE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CARBON; GENETICS, POPULATION; GERMINATION; LIGHT; NITROGEN; PANAMA; PIPER; PLANT LEAVES; REPRODUCTION, ASEXUAL; SEEDLING; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

CENTRAL AMERICA; PANAMA [CENTRAL AMERICA];

PIPERACEAE;

EID: 67649383122     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-009-1353-6     Document Type: Article

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