Supplemental irrigation increases seedling performance and diversity in a tropical forest

Journal of Tropical Ecology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 171-180

  Paine, C E Timothy ^a,d   Harms, Kyle E ^a,b   Ramos, Jess ^c  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^c Centro de Estudios de la Amazonia Andina Con la Asociación para la Conservación de la Cuenca Amazónica La Estación Biológica Villa Carmen Calle Cesar Vallejo   (Peru)

^d AGROPARISTECH   (France)

Author keywords

Diversity; Estacin Biolgica Los Amigos; Habitat filtering; Palms; Peru; Precipitation; Seasonality; Seedling recruitment

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; GROWTH RESPONSE; IRRIGATION; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PLANT COMMUNITY; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SEASONALITY; SOIL MOISTURE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SURVIVAL; TROPICAL FOREST; WATER AVAILABILITY;

PERU; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 69749122559     PISSN: 02664674     EISSN: 14697831     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0266467408005798     Document Type: Article

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