Liana competition with tropical trees varies seasonally but not with tree species identity

Ecology

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 39-45

  Álvarez Cansino, Leonor ^a,b,d   Schnitzer, Stefan A ^a,b   Reid, Joseph P ^c   Powers, Jennifer S ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^b SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Barro Colorado National Monument, Panama; Competition; Competitive effects; Liana removal; Sap velocity; Tree growth; Tropical forest

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); DROUGHT STRESS; GLOBAL CHANGE; GROWTH RATE; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; REGENERATION; SOIL MOISTURE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TROPICAL FOREST; VINE;

BARRO COLORADO NATURE MONUMENT; COLON [PANAMA]; PANAMA [CENTRAL AMERICA];

GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PANAMA; RAIN FOREST; SEASON; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TREE;

PANAMA; RAINFOREST; SEASONS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TREES;

EID: 84928887286     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/14-1002.1     Document Type: Article

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