Tropical Forest Community Ecology

Chapter 14 SEEDLIMITATIONANDTHE COEXISTENCEOFPIONEER TREESPECIES James W. Dalling and Robert John OVERVIEW Seed limitation, defi ...

Seed Limitation and Coexistence of Pioneer Species 243 1995). This is because when plants are seed lim- ited, recruitment sites ...

Table 14.1 Estimated median dispersal distances, fecundity, and seed, source, and dispersal limitation for pioneer species varyi ...

Seed Limitation and Coexistence of Pioneer Species 245 remains remarkably high over much longer peri- ods, suggesting their seed ...

246 James W. Dalling and Robert John of predicted against actual seed counts in traps were good (r^2 = 0.49–0.87;n= 6 species). ...

Seed Limitation and Coexistence of Pioneer Species 247 adultCrotontrees within 30 m, seedling recruit abundance was an order of ...

248 James W. Dalling and Robert John 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.9 1.0 020406080100 Dispersal distance (m) Cumulative prob ...

Seed Limitation and Coexistence of Pioneer Species 249 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 0 5 10 15 20 Seed persistence (years) % of gaps ...

250 James W. Dalling and Robert John 0 100 200 300 400 500 600 0 5 10 15 20 Seed persistence (years) Net reproductive rate Croto ...

Seed Limitation and Coexistence of Pioneer Species 251 strongly positively correlated with mortality rate. This correlation refl ...

252 James W. Dalling and Robert John of recruitment success for pioneer species.Journal of Ecology90, 557–568. Dalling J.W., Hub ...

Seed Limitation and Coexistence of Pioneer Species 253 Rican cloud forest. In: D.J. Levey, R. Silva, and M. Galetti (eds),Seed D ...

Chapter 15 EndophyticFungi:Hidden ComponentsofTropical CommunityEcology A. Elizabeth Arnold OVERVIEW While the ecological import ...

Endophytic Fungi 255 the intervenin gyears, the few studies on trop- ical endophytes have been primarily descriptive, with some ...

256 A. Elizabeth Arnold and 15.2; Figure 15.1). Endophytes are known from mosses and other non-vascular plants, ferns and their ...

0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 Percent abundance Phyllachoraceae sp. A Botryosphaeriaceae sp. A Xylariaceae sp. AXylariaceae sp. B"Scytalidiu ...

258 A. Elizabeth Arnold such as those of xylariaceous species and various Eurotiomycetidae (see Holbet al.2004). Inoculum volume ...

Endophytic Fungi 259 from 28 species of woody plants representing 24 families and 14 orders of angiosperms at BCI (N=9 leaves fr ...

260 A. Elizabeth Arnold ratio of six species of fungi per vascular plant species in Great Britain. However, by sampling only end ...

Endophytic Fungi 261 addressed before a clear understandin gof tropical endophyte diversity can emerge. First, consistent and bi ...