Lianas always outperform tree seedlings regardless of soil nutrients: Results from a long-term fertilization experiment

Ecology

Volumn 96, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 1866-1876

  Pasquini, Sarah C ^a   Wright, S Joseph ^b   Santiago, Louis S ^a,b   Uriarte, M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Barro Colorado Nature Monument, Panama; Chlorophyll fluorescence; Fertilization; Lianas; Neotropics; Nitrogen; Nutrient limitation; Phosphorus; Photosynthetic performance; Plant architecture and morphology; Potassium; Tropical forest

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ADAPTATION; COEXISTENCE; ECOMORPHOLOGY; ECOPHYSIOLOGY; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; FLUORESCENCE; GROWTH RATE; HABITAT TYPE; NEOTROPICAL REGION; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; PHOSPHORUS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; POTASSIUM; SEEDLING; SOIL NITROGEN; SOIL NUTRIENT; TROPICAL FOREST; UNDERSTORY; VINE;

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

FERTILIZER; SOIL;

BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; DRUG EFFECTS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PLANT; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; SEEDLING; SOIL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TIME;

FERTILIZERS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; PLANTS; SEEDLING; SOIL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84937022123     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/14-1660.1     Document Type: Article

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