Interspecific variation in seedling responses to seed limitation and habitat conditions for 14 Neotropical woody species
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1 Laboratoire Evolution et Diversité Biologique, UMR 5174 Université Paul Sabatier/CNRS, 118 route de Narbonne, F-31062 Toulouse, France; 2 Département Ecologie et Gestion de la Biodiversité, UMR 5176 MNHN/CNRS, 4 av. du Petit Château, F-91800 Brunoy, France; 3 Station d’Etudes des Nouragues, CNRS-Guyane, UPS 2561, 16 Avenue André Aron, F-97300, Cayenne, French Guiana, France; and 4 Laboratoire des Mécanismes et Transferts en Géologie UMR 5563 UR 154 Université Paul Sabatier/CNRS/IRD, 14 av. Edouard Belin, F-31400 Toulouse, France
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تاریخ انتشار 2008