Differential responses to guano fertilization among tropical tree species with varying functional traits

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 98, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 207-214

  Young, Hillary S ^a   McCauley, Douglas J ^a   Dirzo, Rodolfo ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Functional traits; Guano inputs; Seabirds; Tropical forests, Cocos nucifera, Pisonia grandis, Scaevola sericea, Tournefortia argentea

Indexed keywords

FERTILIZER;

DOMINANCE; EVERGREEN TREE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; GREENHOUSE ECOSYSTEM; GROWTH RESPONSE; MANURE; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PLANT COMMUNITY; RANGE EXPANSION; SEABIRD; SHRUB; TROPICAL FOREST;

ANGIOSPERM; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIRD; BORAGINACEAE; CLASSIFICATION; COCONUT; GEOGRAPHY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MANURE; NYCTAGINACEAE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TREE; TROPIC CLIMATE;

ANGIOSPERMS; ANIMALS; BIRDS; BORAGINACEAE; COCOS; FERTILIZERS; GEOGRAPHY; MANURE; NYCTAGINACEAE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TREES; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN;

COCOS NUCIFERA; PISONIA GRANDIS; SCAEVOLA SERICEA; TOURNEFORTIA ARGENTEA;

EID: 79851472497     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3732/ajb.1000159     Document Type: Article

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