Resource-based habitat associations in a neotropical liana community

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 100, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1174-1182

  Dalling, James W ^a,b   Schnitzer, Stefan A ^b,c   Baldeck, Claire ^a   Harms, Kyle E ^b,d   John, Robert ^e   Mangan, Scott A ^c   Lobo, Elena ^a   Yavitt, Joseph B ^f   Hubbell, Stephen P ^b,g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^d LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE EDUCATION AND RESEARCH KOLKATA   (India)

^f Cornell University ^*  (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Barro Colorado Island; Canopy disturbance; Determinants of plant community diversity and structure; Habitat association; Liana community; Light detection and ranging; Soil resources; Topography; Treefall gap

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ASSESSMENT METHOD; BIOMASS; CANOPY; DISTURBANCE; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT TYPE; NEOTROPICAL REGION; PLANT COMMUNITY; POPULATION DENSITY; SOIL CHEMISTRY; SPECIES RICHNESS; TOPOGRAPHY; TREEFALL; TROPICAL FOREST; VINE;

BARRO COLORADO ISLAND; PANAMA [CENTRAL AMERICA]; PANAMA [PANAMA (NTN)];

EID: 84865293925     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: 13652745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2745.2012.01989.x     Document Type: Article

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