Variation in seed and seedling traits in Pithecellobium pedicellare, a tropical rain forest tree

Oecologia ◽  
1992 ◽  
Vol 91 (2) ◽  
pp. 239-244 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hyesoon Kang ◽  
Graciela Jaschek ◽  
Kamaljit S. Bawa
Keyword(s):  
Rain Forest ◽  
Tropical Rain Forest ◽  
Forest Tree ◽  
Seedling Traits

Irradiance and Spectral Quality Affect Asian Tropical Rain Forest Tree Seedling Development

Ecology ◽  
1995 ◽  
Vol 77 (2) ◽  
pp. 568-580 ◽  
Author(s):  
David W. Lee ◽  
Krishnapillay Baskaran ◽  
Marzalina Mansor ◽  
Haris Mohamad ◽  
Son Kheong Yap
Keyword(s):  
Rain Forest ◽  
Tropical Rain Forest ◽  
Forest Tree ◽  
Seedling Development ◽  
Spectral Quality ◽  
Tree Seedling

Molecular Systematic Analysis Reveals Cryptic Tertiary Diversification of a Widespread Tropical Rain Forest Tree

2003 ◽  
Vol 162 (6) ◽  
pp. 691-703 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christopher W. Dick ◽  
Kobinah Abdul‐Salim ◽  
Eldredge Bermingham
Keyword(s):  
Rain Forest ◽  
Tropical Rain Forest ◽  
Forest Tree ◽  
Molecular Systematic ◽  
Systematic Analysis

scholarly journals Acclimation of seedlings of three Mexican tropical rain forest tree species to a change in light availability

1991 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 85-97 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Popma ◽  
F. Bongers
Keyword(s):  
Growth Rates ◽  
Rain Forest ◽  
Tropical Rain Forest ◽  
Light Availability ◽  
Forest Tree ◽  
Gap Dynamics ◽  
Relative Growth ◽  
Relative Growth Rates ◽  
Closed Canopy ◽  
Acclimation Potential

ABSTRACTA comparison is made of the light acclimation potential of seedlings of three canopy species of the tropical rain forest of Los Tuxtlas, Mexico: Cordia megalantha, Lonchocarpus guatemalensis, and Omphalea oleifera. These species showed similar growth rates in a range of microhabitats. Gap dynamics were simulated by transferring plants between three environments: beneath a closed canopy, a small gap, and a large gap. Plants of all three species were able to adjust their morphology and growth rates in response to changes in light availability. Growth rates increased when plants were moved to a (larger) gap, and decreased when plants were moved to a more shaded environment. Shade-grown plants were able to acclimate faster to increasing light availability than sun-grown plants to decreasing light availability. Also, plants moved from shady to sunny conditions showed higher relative growth rates than sun control plants, whereas sun-grown plants when moved to the shade showed lower relative growth rates than shade control plants. Species differed in their response to gap dynamics. Omphalea could not acclimate morphologically to shading, but reacted faster than the other species in response to the occurrence of a large gap. Acclimation potential seemed to be related to plasticity in physiological rather than in morphological traits. Suppressed seedlings of all three species performed well in the shade, and were able to acclimate rapidly to gap-conditions.

scholarly journals Strong habitat preference of a tropical rain forest tree does not imply large differences in population dynamics across habitats

2007 ◽  
Vol 95 (2) ◽  
pp. 332-342 ◽  
Author(s):  
TOSHIHIRO YAMADA ◽  
PIETER A. ZUIDEMA ◽  
AKIRA ITOH ◽  
TAKUO YAMAKURA ◽  
TATSUHIRO OHKUBO ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Population Dynamics ◽  
Habitat Preference ◽  
Rain Forest ◽  
Tropical Rain Forest ◽  
Forest Tree
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