Preferences or plasticity in nitrogen acquisition by understorey palms in a tropical montane forest

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 101, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 819-825

  Andersen, Kelly M ^a,b   Turner, Benjamin L ^a  

^a SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^b San Diego Zoo   (United States)

Author keywords

Ammonium; Arecaece; Community assembly; Ecophysiology; Glycine; Habitat filtering; Niche partitioning; Nitrate; Panama; Plant soil (below ground) interactions

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; AMMONIUM; ASSEMBLY RULE; ECOPHYSIOLOGY; GROWTH FORM; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MONOCOTYLEDON; MONTANE FOREST; NICHE PARTITIONING; NITRATE; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR; SOIL NITROGEN; SOIL-VEGETATION INTERACTION; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY); UNDERSTORY;

PANAMA [CENTRAL AMERICA];

EID: 84876683324     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: 13652745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2745.12070     Document Type: Article

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