The importance of tree size and fecundity for wind dispersal of big-leaf mahogany

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Norghauer, Julian M ^a   Nock, Charles A ^b   Grogan, James ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c Yale University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIG LEAF MAHOGANY; CANOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FERTILITY; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; MELIACEAE; NONHUMAN; PLANT PARAMETERS; PREDICTION; SEED DENSITY; SEED DISPERSAL; SEED PRODUCTION; TREE SIZE; TROPICAL RAIN FOREST; UNITED STATES; WIND; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BRAZIL; FRUIT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; PLANT STEM; REGENERATION; TREE;

MELIACEAE; SWIETENIA; SWIETENIA MACROPHYLLA;

BRAZIL; FERTILITY; FRUIT; MELIACEAE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT STEMS; REGENERATION; SEED DISPERSAL; TREES; WIND;

EID: 79952330508     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0017488     Document Type: Article

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