Strong congruence in tree and fern community turnover in response to soils and climate in central Panama

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 101, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 506-516

  Jones, Mirkka M ^a   Ferrier, Simon ^b   Condit, Richard ^c   Manion, Glenn ^d   Aguilar, Salomon ^c   Pérez, Rolando ^c  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^d OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENT AND HERITAGE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biotic interactions; Determinants of plant community diversity and structure; Edaphic variation; Environmental control; Matrix regression; Precipitation; Pteridophyta; Seed and spore dispersal; Tropical forests; Turnover rates

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DRY SEASON; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; FERN; HETEROGENEITY; PHOSPHORUS; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; PLANT COMMUNITY; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RAINFALL; SEASONALITY; SEED DISPERSAL; SOIL CHEMISTRY; SOIL TYPE; SPECIES RICHNESS; TAXONOMY; TROPICAL FOREST; TURNOVER;

PANAMA [CENTRAL AMERICA];

EID: 84874209588     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: 13652745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2745.12053     Document Type: Article

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