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Damage and herbivory tolerance through resprouting as an advantage of large seed size in tropical trees and lianas

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 July 2009

Kyle E. Harms  and
James W. Dalling
Kyle E. Harms
Affiliation:
Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, USA
James W. Dalling
Affiliation:
Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Apartado 2072, Balboa, República de Panamá
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Keywords

Barro Colorado IslandherbivoryPanamáresproutseedseedlingtolerancetropics
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Short Communication
Information
Journal of Tropical Ecology , Volume 13 , Issue 4 , July 1997 , pp. 617 - 621
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1997

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