Directional changes in the species composition of a tropical forest

Ecology

Volumn 92, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 871-882

  Feeley, Kenneth J ^a,b   Davies, Stuart J ^c   Perez, Rolando ^c   Hubbell, Stephen P ^c,d   Foster, Robin B ^e  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FAIRCHILD TROPICAL BOTANIC GARDEN   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Barro Colorado Island; Carbon fertilization; Center for tropical forest science; Climate change; Drought; El Ni o Southern Oscillation; ENSO; Panama; Tropical forest

Indexed keywords

ARIDITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; DROUGHT STRESS; DRY FOREST; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; LONG-TERM CHANGE; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; SOIL MOISTURE; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; SUCCESSION; TROPICAL FOREST;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ECOSYSTEM; EL NINO; GEOGRAPHY; PANAMA; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TIME; TREE; TROPIC CLIMATE;

ECOSYSTEM; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; GEOGRAPHY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PANAMA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS; TREES; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

BARRO COLORADO ISLAND; CARIBBEAN COAST [PANAMA]; PACIFIC COAST [PANAMA]; PANAMA [CENTRAL AMERICA]; PANAMA [PANAMA (NTN)];

EID: 79955662606     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/10-0724.1     Document Type: Article

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