Compensatory growth responses to defoliation and light availability in two native Mexican woody plant species

Journal of Tropical Ecology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 163-171

  Ballina Gómez, Horacio Salomón ^a,c   Iriarte Vivar, Silvia ^a,d   Orellana, Roger ^a   Santiago, Louis S ^b  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN CIENTÍFICA DE YUCATÁN   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c INSTITUTO TECNOLÓGICO DE CONKAL   (Mexico)

^d UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Brosimum alicastrum; Calakmul; Compensatory continuum hypothesis; Growth rate model; Limiting resource model; Mexico; Relative growth rate; Tropical forest; Vitis tiliifolia

Indexed keywords

ASSIMILATION EFFICIENCY; BIOMASS; COMPENSATION; DEFOLIATION; DICOTYLEDON; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GROWTH RATE; HERBIVORY; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; LEAF AREA; LIGHT AVAILABILITY; NATIVE SPECIES; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; TROPICAL FOREST; VINE;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA];

BROSIMUM ALICASTRUM; VITACEAE; VITIS TILIIFOLIA;

EID: 77952480118     PISSN: 02664674     EISSN: 14697831     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0266467409990514     Document Type: Article

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