Context-dependent recruitment of Guettarda viburnoides in a Neotropical forest-savanna mosaic

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 98, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1317-1326

  Loayza, Andrea P ^a   Loiselle, Bette A ^b   Rios, Rodrigo S ^a  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE BIOLOGÍA   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bolivia; Context dependence; Guettarda viburnoides; Plant recruitment; Seed dispersal; Seed predation; Seedling emergence; Seedling survival; Spatial discordance; Uncoupling

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; BIRD; DECIDUOUS TREE; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; NEOTROPICAL REGION; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); REGENERATION; SAVANNA; SEED DISPERSAL; SEED PREDATION; SEEDLING EMERGENCE; SURVIVAL;

ANIMAL; ANT; ARTICLE; BIRD; BOLIVIA; ECOSYSTEM; GERMINATION; HERBIVORY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT SEED; RUBIACEAE; SEED DISPERSAL; SEEDLING; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TREE; TROPIC CLIMATE;

ANIMALS; ANTS; BIRDS; BOLIVIA; ECOSYSTEM; GERMINATION; HERBIVORY; RUBIACEAE; SEED DISPERSAL; SEEDLING; SEEDS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TREES; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

BOLIVIA;

GUETTARDA;

EID: 84858415851     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3732/ajb.1000478     Document Type: Article

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