The relative importance of above- versus belowground competition for tree growth during early succession of a tropical moist forest

Plant Ecology

Volumn 213, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 25-34

  van Breugel, Michiel ^a,b,c   van Breugel, Paulo ^d   Jansen, Patrick A ^a,b   Martínez Ramos, Miguel ^c   Bongers, Frans ^b  

^a SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES EN ECOSISTEMAS Y SUSTENTABILIDAD   (Mexico)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Asymmetric competition; Forest succession; Growth; Light; Mexico; Stem allometry; Survival; Tropical moist forest

Indexed keywords

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; ALLOMETRY; BELOWGROUND BIOMASS; DICOTYLEDON; GROWTH RATE; HUMID TROPICS; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; LIGHT AVAILABILITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SAPLING; SECONDARY FOREST; SOIL FERTILITY; SUCCESSION; SURVIVAL; TROPICAL FOREST;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA];

CECROPIA; CECROPIA PELTATA; TRICHOSPERMUM; TRICHOSPERMUM MEXICANUM;

EID: 83855161595     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11258-011-0003-3     Document Type: Article

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