Strong distance-dependent effects for a spatially aggregated tropical species

Plant Ecology

Volumn 214, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 545-555

  Souza, Flaviana Maluf ^a   Franco, Geraldo Antônio Daher Corrêa ^a   Callaway, Ragan Morrison ^b  

^a Instituto Florestal   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

Author keywords

Distance dependence; Herbivory; Janzen Connell hypothesis; Seedling mortality; Soil pathogens

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CANOPY; CONSPECIFIC; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; DICOTYLEDON; DOMINANCE; GERMINATION; HERBIVORE; HERBIVORY; MORTALITY; PATHOGEN; SEEDLING; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TROPICAL FOREST; TROPICAL REGION;

VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84876434338     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11258-013-0188-8     Document Type: Article

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