Density-dependent seedling mortality varies with light availability and species abundance in wet and dry Hawaiian forests
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Faith Inman-Narahari*, Rebecca Ostertag, Stephen P. Hubbell, Christian P. Giardina, Susan Cordell and Lawren Sack Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California, 621 Charles E. Young Drive South, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1606, USA; Department of Biology, University of Hawaii, 200 W. Kawili Street, Hilo, HI 96720, USA; Center for Tropical Forest Science, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Box 2072, Balboa, Republic of Panama; and Institute of Pacific Islands Forestry, Pacific Southwest Research Station, USDA Forest Service, 60 Nowelo Street, Hilo, HI 96720, USA
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