Diverse patterns of stored water use among saplings in seasonally dry tropical forests

Oecologia

Volumn 179, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 925-936

  Wolfe, Brett T ^a,b   Kursar, Thomas A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

Author keywords

Capacitance; Drought; Functional groups; Leaf phenology; Tree physiology

Indexed keywords

DECIDUOUS TREE; DENSITY; DROUGHT; DRY FOREST; EVERGREEN TREE; FLUSHING; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; LEAF; PHENOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SAPLING; SEASONALITY; SHOOT; SURVIVAL; TROPICAL FOREST; WATER UPTAKE;

ANNONA; ASTRONIUM GRAVEOLENS; CAVANILLESIA PLATANIFOLIA; COJOBA; GENIPA AMERICANA;

WATER;

ANNONA; BURSERA; DROUGHT; FOREST; GARDENIA; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALVACEAE; METABOLISM; PANAMA; PLANT LEAF; PLANT STEM; SEASON; TREE; TROPIC CLIMATE; XYLEM;

ANNONA; BURSERA; DROUGHTS; FORESTS; GARDENIA; MALVACEAE; PANAMA; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT STEMS; SEASONS; TREES; TROPICAL CLIMATE; WATER; XYLEM;

EID: 84946500439     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-015-3329-z     Document Type: Article

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