Resilience to chronic defoliation in a dioecious understorey tropical rain forest palm

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 100, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1245-1256

  Lopez Toledo, Leonel ^a,b,f   Anten, Niels P R ^c,d   Endress, Bryan A ^b   Ackerly, David D ^e   Martínez Ramos, Miguel ^a  

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

^b INSTITUTE FOR CONSERVATION RESEARCH   (United States)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSIDAD MICHOACANA DE SAN NICOLÁS DE HIDALGO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Chamaedorea palms; Drought; Leaf harvesting; Mexico; Non timber forest products; Plant population and community dynamics

Indexed keywords

DEFOLIATION; DROUGHT STRESS; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; EVERGREEN TREE; FITNESS; GENETIC VARIATION; GROWTH RESPONSE; HARVESTING; MORTALITY; NONTIMBER FOREST PRODUCT; REPRODUCTION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; TROPICAL FOREST;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA];

EID: 84865291935     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: 13652745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2745.2012.01992.x     Document Type: Article

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