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Light gaps and long-term seedling performance of a Neotropical canopy tree (Dipteryx panamensis, Leguminosae)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 July 2009

Diane De Steven
Diane De Steven
Affiliation:
Department of Biological Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 53201, USA
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Keywords

canopy-gap dynamicsDipteryx panamensisLeguminosaeNeotropicsPanamaseedling demography
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Short Communication
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Journal of Tropical Ecology , Volume 4 , Issue 4 , November 1988 , pp. 407 - 411
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1988

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