Interannual variability of growth and reproduction in Bursera simaruba: The role of allometry and resource variability

Ecology

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 180-190

  Hulshof, Catherine M ^a   Stegen, James C ^b   Swenson, Nathan G ^c   Enquist, Carolyn A F ^d,e,f   Enquist, Brian J ^a,g,h  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^e National Phenology Network   (United States)

^f Wildlife Society   (United States)

^g SANTA FE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^h Betty and Gordon Moore Center for Science and Oceans   (United States)

Author keywords

Allocation; Allometry; Bursera simaruba; Costa Rica; Life history theory; Tropical dry forest

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; ANNUAL VARIATION; DATA SET; DICOTYLEDON; DRY FOREST; FITNESS; GROWTH RATE; LIFE HISTORY THEORY; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; REPRODUCTIVE PRODUCTIVITY; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; SURVIVAL; TROPICAL FOREST;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; BURSERACEAE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; REPRODUCTION; TIME;

BIOMASS; BURSERA; REPRODUCTION; TIME FACTORS;

COSTA RICA;

BURSERA SIMARUBA;

EID: 84858627891     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/11-0740.1     Document Type: Article

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