Germination Responses to Water Potential in Neotropical Pioneers Suggest Large-seeded Species Take More Risks - Daws, Matthew I; Crabtree, Lora M; Dalling, James W; Mullins, Christopher E; Burslem, David F.R.P (Annals of botany, 2008)
Keywords: Biological taxonomies; Biomass; Canopies; canopy gaps; Clidemia; Desiccation; Drought resistance; drought tolerance; dry environmental conditions; Environmental risk; Forest ecology; forests; Germination; Germination - physiology; light intensity; Moisture content; mortality; neotropical; Ochroma pyramidale; Original; Panamá; physiology; pioneer; Pioneer species; Plants; Risk; Risk reduction; Seed germination; Seed size; seedling growth; Seedlings; Seeds; Seeds - physiology; Soil water; soil water content; Time Factors; trees; Trees - physiology; Tropical Climate; Water; Water - physiology; Water availability; Water potential; neotropical; water potential; pioneer; Germination; Panamá; seed size