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A monocarpic tree species in a polycarpic world: how can Tachigali vasquezii maintain itself so successfully in a tropical rain forest community?

  1. LOURENS POORTER1,2,3,*,
  2. PIETER A. ZUIDEMA1,2,
  3. MARIELOS PEÑA-CLAROS1,2,4,
  4. RENE G. A. BOOT1,2,5

Article first published online: 26 JAN 2005

DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2745.2005.00958.x

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Journal of Ecology

Journal of Ecology

Volume 93, Issue 2, pages 268–278, April 2005

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POORTER, L., ZUIDEMA, P. A., PEÑA-CLAROS, M. and BOOT, R. G. A. (2005), A monocarpic tree species in a polycarpic world: how can Tachigali vasquezii maintain itself so successfully in a tropical rain forest community?. Journal of Ecology, 93: 268–278. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2745.2005.00958.x

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  1. 1

    Department of Plant Ecology, Utrecht University, PO Box 80084, 3508 TB Utrecht, the Netherlands,

  2. 2

    Programa Manejo de Bosques de la Amazonía Boliviana (PROMAB), Casilla 107, Riberalta, Bolivia,

  3. 3

    Forest Ecology and Forest Management Group, Wageningen University, PO Box 47, 6700 AA Wageningen, the Netherlands,

  4. 4

    Instituto Boliviano de Investigación Forestal (IBIF), Casilla 6204, Santa Cruz, Bolivia

  5. 5

    Tropenbos International, PO Box 232, 6700 AE Wageningen, the Netherlands

* Lourens Poorter, Forest Ecology and Forest Management Group, Wageningen University, PO Box 47, 6700 AA Wageningen, the Netherlands (e-mail lourens.poorter@wur.nl).

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  1. Issue published online: 9 MAR 2005
  2. Article first published online: 26 JAN 2005
  3. Received 17 March 2004 revision accepted 22 September 2004 Handling Editor: Hans de Kroon

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