Species with greater seed mass are more tolerant of conspecific neighbours: a key driver of early survival and future abundances in a tropical forest.

Lebrija-Trejos, Edwin; Reich, Peter B; Hernández, Andres; Wright, S Joseph

Lebrija-Trejos, Edwin; Reich, Peter B; Hernández, Andres; Wright, S Joseph.

Affiliation

Lebrija-Trejos E; Department of Biology and Environment, University of Haifa - Oranim, Tivon, Israel.
Reich PB; Department of Forest Resources, University of Minnesota, 1530 Cleveland Avenue North, St. Paul, MN, 55108, USA.
Hernández A; Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Apartado, 0843-03092, Balboa Ancón, Panama.
Wright SJ; Department of Forest Resources, University of Minnesota, 1530 Cleveland Avenue North, St. Paul, MN, 55108, USA.

Ecol Lett ; 19(9): 1071-80, 2016 09.

Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-27346439

Subject(s)

Biodiversity; Rainforest; Seeds/physiology; Trees/physiology; Models, Biological; Panama; Population Dynamics; Species Specificity; Trees/growth & development; Tropical Climate

Key words

Conspecific; density dependence; functional traits; growth-survival trade-off; heterospecific; niche differentiation; seed mass; seed-size-seed-number trade-off; seedling survival; tolerance-fecundity trade-off

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Full text: 1 Collection: 01-internacional Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Seeds / Trees / Biodiversity / Rainforest Type of study: Prognostic_studies Country/Region as subject: America central / Panama Language: En Journal: Ecol Lett Year: 2016 Document type: Article Affiliation country: Israel Country of publication: United kingdom

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