In the Tortuguero floodplains, Costa Rica, a significant number of trees such as Carapa guianensis, Pentaclethra macroloba and the palm Manicaria saccifera have floating seeds adapted to hydrocory, while others, such as the almendro Dipteryx oleifera and the raffia palm Raphia taedigera have heavy seeds that do not float. These species have differential distributions, and while C. guianensis, P. macroloba and D. oleifera also grow on slopes away from the flood, the palms M. saccifera and R. taedigera hardly occur outside the swamps, where they stand as the dominant species. To understand the differences in the micro-distribution of these tree species in waterlogged environments and differences in their seed adaptations, I did a series of ex...
Geonoma brevispatha is a clonal palm species commonly found as tussocks in swamp and riparian forest...
Seed dispersal is a fundamental process in plant ecology and is of critical importance for the resto...
The Cerrado is composed of a mosaic of phytophysiognomies, has different environments, with wetland...
In the Caribbean slope of Isthmian Central America, plant associations dominated by the palms Raphia...
In Raffia (Raphia taedigera) palm-swamps, it is frequent to observe high mounds at the base of the ...
The swamps dominated by raffia palm Raphia taedigera are conspicuous environments in the Tortuguero ...
It is well known that most forests in humid tropical lowlands are species rich, and the popular view...
In October 1988, Hurricane Joan struck the Caribbean Coast of Nicaragua, severely damaging 100,000 h...
Seed dispersal is a fundamental process in plant ecology and is of critical importance for the resto...
A large portion of Neotropical forests are being or have been cleared for agriculture and pasture. C...
Palms show clear niche segregation patterns along topographic gradients in tropical forests, with so...
Flood-tolerance does not guarantee successful colonization of flood-prone habitats, since a given ...
In Central America, palm swamps are known collectively as yolillales. These wetlands are usually dom...
Past studies have shown that tropical forest regeneration on degraded farmlands is initially limited...
Although many savannas are found under dry climates, the site of this study has a mean annual rainfa...
Geonoma brevispatha is a clonal palm species commonly found as tussocks in swamp and riparian forest...
Seed dispersal is a fundamental process in plant ecology and is of critical importance for the resto...
The Cerrado is composed of a mosaic of phytophysiognomies, has different environments, with wetland...
In the Caribbean slope of Isthmian Central America, plant associations dominated by the palms Raphia...
In Raffia (Raphia taedigera) palm-swamps, it is frequent to observe high mounds at the base of the ...
The swamps dominated by raffia palm Raphia taedigera are conspicuous environments in the Tortuguero ...
It is well known that most forests in humid tropical lowlands are species rich, and the popular view...
In October 1988, Hurricane Joan struck the Caribbean Coast of Nicaragua, severely damaging 100,000 h...
Seed dispersal is a fundamental process in plant ecology and is of critical importance for the resto...
A large portion of Neotropical forests are being or have been cleared for agriculture and pasture. C...
Palms show clear niche segregation patterns along topographic gradients in tropical forests, with so...
Flood-tolerance does not guarantee successful colonization of flood-prone habitats, since a given ...
In Central America, palm swamps are known collectively as yolillales. These wetlands are usually dom...
Past studies have shown that tropical forest regeneration on degraded farmlands is initially limited...
Although many savannas are found under dry climates, the site of this study has a mean annual rainfa...
Geonoma brevispatha is a clonal palm species commonly found as tussocks in swamp and riparian forest...
Seed dispersal is a fundamental process in plant ecology and is of critical importance for the resto...
The Cerrado is composed of a mosaic of phytophysiognomies, has different environments, with wetland...