Early growth and survival of 49 tropical tree species across sites differing in soil fertility and rainfall in Panama

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 261, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1580-1589

  Breugel, Michiel van ^a   Hall, Jefferson S ^a   Craven, Dylan J ^a,b   Gregoire, Timothy G ^b   Park, Andrew ^c   Dent, Daisy H ^a   Wishnie, Mark H ^a   Mariscal, Emilio ^a   Deago, Jose ^a   Ibarra, Diogenes ^a   Cedeño, Norma ^a   Ashton, Mark S ^b  

^a SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^b Yale School of the Environment   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WINNIPEG   (Canada)

Author keywords

Growth; Rainfall; Reforestation; Soil fertility; Species screening trial; Survival

Indexed keywords

GROWTH; RAINFALL; SOIL FERTILITY; SPECIES SCREENING TRIAL; SURVIVAL;

FERTILIZERS; RAIN; REFORESTATION; REVEGETATION; SITE SELECTION; SOILS; TROPICS;

ECOLOGY;

COHORT ANALYSIS; DRY SEASON; GROWTH RATE; LANDHOLDING; MORTALITY; RAINFALL; REFORESTATION; SOIL FERTILITY; SURVIVAL; TROPICAL FOREST;

PANAMA [CENTRAL AMERICA];

EID: 79954596047     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2010.08.019     Document Type: Article

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