Herbivory, growth rates, and habitat specialization in tropical tree lineages: Implications for Amazonian beta-diversity

Ecology

Volumn 93, Issue 8 SPEC. ISSUE, 2012, Pages

  Lamarre, Greg P A ^a,b   Baraloto, Christopher ^b,c   Fortunel, Claire ^b   Dávila, Nallarett ^d,e   Mesones, Italo ^e   Rios, Julio Grandez ^e,f   Ríos, Marcos ^f   Valderrama, Elvis ^f   Pilco, Magno Vásquez ^e,f   Fine, Paul V A ^e  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DES ANTILLES ET DE LA GUYANE   (France)

^b Campus Agronomique   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^d INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA AMAZONÍA PERUANA   (Peru)

Author keywords

Amazon rainforest; Beta diversity; Forest habitat; French Guiana; Herbivory; Natural enemies; Peru; Plant defense traits; Resource availability

Indexed keywords

DENSITY DEPENDENCE; DICOTYLEDON; FLOODPLAIN FOREST; GROWTH RATE; HABITAT TYPE; HERBIVORY; NATURAL ENEMY; PHYLOGENETICS; PLANT DEFENSE; RAINFOREST; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; SOIL FERTILITY; SPECIALIZATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TRADE-OFF; TROPICAL FOREST;

AMAZONIA; FRENCH GUIANA; PERU;

EID: 84875002935     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/11-0397.1     Document Type: Article

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