Phenology, seed dispersal and difficulties in natural recruitment of the canopy tree Pachira quinata (Malvaceae)

Revista de Biologia Tropical

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 921-933

  Castellanos, Maria Clara ^a,b   Stevenson, Pablo R ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES   (Colombia)

^b CDIS UV Generalitat Valenciana)   (Spain)

Author keywords

Anemochory; Bombacopsis quinata; Damping off; Density dependence; Emergent tree; Seedling survival; Tinigua National Park

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BOMBACACEAE; CLASSIFICATION; COLOMBIA; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON; SEED DISPERSAL; SEEDLING;

BOMBACACEAE; COLOMBIA; SEASONS; SEED DISPERSAL; SEEDLING;

BOMBACOPSIS QUINATA; MALVACEAE; PACHIRA QUINATA;

EID: 79956303311     PISSN: 00347744     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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