Opposing assembly mechanisms in a Neotropical dry forest: Implications for phylogenetic and functional community ecology

Ecology

Volumn 90, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 2161-2170

  Swenson, Nathan G ^a,b   Enquist, Brian J ^a  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Community ecology; Costa Rica; Forest ecology; Functional diversity; Functional ecology; Neotropical dry forest; Spatial scale; Tropical forest dynamics plot

Indexed keywords

COEXISTENCE; COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; COMMUNITY FORESTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRY FOREST; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; NEOTROPICAL REGION; PHYLOGENETICS; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIVERSITY; STRATIFICATION; TROPICAL FOREST;

ARTICLE; COSTA RICA; ECOSYSTEM; GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TIME; TREE; TROPIC CLIMATE;

COSTA RICA; ECOSYSTEM; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TIME FACTORS; TREES; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

CENTRAL AMERICA; COSTA RICA;

EID: 68149136776     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/08-1025.1     Document Type: Article

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