Phylogenetic community structure during succession: Evidence from three Neotropical forest sites

Perspectives in Plant Ecology, Evolution and Systematics

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 79-87

  Letcher, Susan G ^a,b   Chazdon, Robin L ^c   Andrade, Ana C S ^d   Bongers, Frans ^e   van Breugel, Michiel ^f   Finegan, Bryan ^g   Laurance, Susan G ^h   Mesquita, Rita C G ^d   Martínez Ramos, Miguel ⁱ   Williamson, G Bruce ^d,j  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b Organization for Tropical Studies Costa Rica   (Costa Rica)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^d INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

^e WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^f SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^g CATIE   (Costa Rica)

^h JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

ⁱ INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES EN ECOSISTEMAS Y SUSTENTABILIDAD   (Mexico)

^j LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Author keywords

Angiosperm phylogeny; Chronosequence; Community assembly; Phylogenetic community structure; Tropical forest

Indexed keywords

AGE CLASS; ANGIOSPERM; CHRONOSEQUENCE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; NEOTROPICAL REGION; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGENY; PLANT COMMUNITY; RAINFOREST; RELATEDNESS; SIZE STRUCTURE; STEM; SUCCESSION; TROPICAL FOREST;

MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

EID: 84859710509     PISSN: 14338319     EISSN: 16180437     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ppees.2011.09.005     Document Type: Article

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