Seedling growth responses to soil resources in the understory of a wet tropical forest

Ecology

Volumn 92, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1828-1838

  Holste, Ellen K ^a   Kobe, Richard K ^a   Vriesendorp, Corine F ^b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Costa Rica; Forest understory; Irradiance; La Selva Biological Station; Neotropics; Plant growth; Seedlings; Shade tolerance; Soil nutrients; Wet tropical forest

Indexed keywords

PHOSPHATE; RAIN;

COEXISTENCE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; GROWTH RESPONSE; IRRADIANCE; LIMITING FACTOR; NEOTROPIC ECOZONE; OLD-GROWTH FOREST; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; SHADE TOLERANCE; SOIL FERTILITY; SOIL NUTRIENT; TROPICAL FOREST; UNDERSTORY;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COSTA RICA; ECOSYSTEM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LIGHT; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SEEDLING; SOIL; TREE; TROPIC CLIMATE;

COSTA RICA; ECOSYSTEM; LIGHT; PHOSPHATES; RAIN; SEEDLING; SOIL; TREES; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

COSTA RICA; LA SELVA BIOLOGICAL STATION; LIMON;

EID: 80051906238     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/10-1697.1     Document Type: Article

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