Growth, survival and herbivory of seedlings in Brosimum alicastrum (Moraceae), a species from the Neotropical undergrowth;Crecimiento, supervivencia y herbivoría de plántulas de Brosimum alicastrum (Moraceae), una especie del sotobosque neotropical

Revista de Biologia Tropical

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 2055-2067

  Ballina Gomez H S ^a   Iriarte Vivar, S ^a,b   Orellana, R ^a   Santiago, L S ^c  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN CIENTÍFICA DE YUCATÁN   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Brosimum alicastrum; Defoliation treatments; Growth compensatory; Herbivory; Relative growth rate; Seedling survival

Indexed keywords

BROSIMUM ALICASTRUM; HEXAPODA; MAMMALIA; MORACEAE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MEXICO; MORACEAE; PARASITOLOGY; SEASON; SEEDLING; TIME; TROPIC CLIMATE;

ANIMALS; BIOMASS; MEXICO; MORACEAE; SEASONS; SEEDLING; TIME FACTORS; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

EID: 70350026853     PISSN: 00347744     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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