Functional Trait Strategies of Trees in Dry and Wet Tropical Forests Are Similar but Differ in Their Consequences for Succession

Madelon Lohbeck; Edwin Lebrija-Trejos; Miguel Martínez-Ramos; Jorge A. Meave; Lourens Poorter; Frans Bongers

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0123741

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Functional Trait Strategies of Trees in Dry and Wet Tropical Forests Are Similar but Differ in Their Consequences for Succession

Madelon Lohbeck ,

* E-mail: madelon.lohbeck@wur.nl

Affiliations Forest Ecology and Forest Management Group, Wageningen University, PO Box 47, 6700 AA, Wageningen, The Netherlands, Centro de Investigaciones en Ecosistemas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Campus Morelia, Antigua Carretera a Pátzcuaro 8701, Ex-hacienda de San José de la Huerta, 58190, Morelia, Michoacán, Mexico
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Edwin Lebrija-Trejos,

Affiliations Forest Ecology and Forest Management Group, Wageningen University, PO Box 47, 6700 AA, Wageningen, The Netherlands, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Apartado 0843-03092, Balboa, Ancon, Panama, Departamento de Ecología y Recursos Naturales, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, 04510, México, Distrito Federal, Mexico
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Miguel Martínez-Ramos,

Affiliation Centro de Investigaciones en Ecosistemas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Campus Morelia, Antigua Carretera a Pátzcuaro 8701, Ex-hacienda de San José de la Huerta, 58190, Morelia, Michoacán, Mexico
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Jorge A. Meave,

Affiliation Departamento de Ecología y Recursos Naturales, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, 04510, México, Distrito Federal, Mexico
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Lourens Poorter,

Affiliation Forest Ecology and Forest Management Group, Wageningen University, PO Box 47, 6700 AA, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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Frans Bongers

Affiliation Forest Ecology and Forest Management Group, Wageningen University, PO Box 47, 6700 AA, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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Functional Trait Strategies of Trees in Dry and Wet Tropical Forests Are Similar but Differ in Their Consequences for Succession

Madelon Lohbeck,
Edwin Lebrija-Trejos,
Miguel Martínez-Ramos,
Jorge A. Meave,
Lourens Poorter,
Frans Bongers

Published: April 28, 2015
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0123741

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