Habitat partitioning among neotropical pioneers: A consequence of differential susceptibility to browsing herbivores?

Oecologia

Volumn 161, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 361-370

  Dalling, James W ^a,b   Pearson, T R H ^c   Ballesteros, J ^b   Sanchez, E ^b   Burslem, D F R P ^c  

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

^b SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ant plant; Browsing; Cecropia; Growth; Herbivory

Indexed keywords

PHENOL DERIVATIVE;

DEFENSE BEHAVIOR; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; GROWTH RATE; HABITAT SELECTION; HERBIVORE; LIGHT EFFECT; MUTUALISM; NEOTROPICAL REGION; OLD-GROWTH FOREST; PALATABILITY; SEED DISPERSAL; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TREE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CECROPIA; CHEMISTRY; ECOSYSTEM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PANAMA; PLANT LEAF; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CECROPIA PLANT; ECOSYSTEM; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PANAMA; PHENOLS; PLANT LEAVES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

CECROPIA; CECROPIA INSIGNIS; CECROPIA LONGIPES; CECROPIA OBTUSIFOLIA; CECROPIA PELTATA; FORMICIDAE;

EID: 70349096303     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-009-1385-y     Document Type: Article

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