Ontogenetic shifts in trait-mediated mechanisms of plant community assembly

Ecology

Volumn 96, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 2157-2169

  Lasky, Jesse R ^a   Bachelot, Bénédicte ^a   Muscarella, Robert ^a   Schwartz, Naomi ^a   Forero Montaña, Jimena ^b   Nytch, Christopher J ^b   Swenson, Nathan G ^c   Thompson, Jill ^b,d   Zimmerman, Jess K ^b   Uriarte, María ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Competition; Intraspecific variation; Luquillo forest dynamics plot; Niche differentiation; Ontogenetic niche shift; Puerto rico; Size structured population; Subtropical rain forest trees

Indexed keywords

COEXISTENCE; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); ECOPHYSIOLOGY; GROWTH RATE; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; NICHE PARTITIONING; ONTOGENY; PLANT COMMUNITY; POPULATION STRUCTURE; RAINFOREST; SEEDLING; SIZE STRUCTURE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SURVIVAL; TROPICAL FOREST;

PUERTO RICO;

FOREST; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; PLANT LEAF; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PUERTO RICO; SEEDLING; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TREE;

FORESTS; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; PLANT LEAVES; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PUERTO RICO; SEEDLING; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TREES;

EID: 84939216120     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/14-1809.1     Document Type: Article

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