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Lack of Interspecific Plant Competition With a Dominant Grass in the Understory of a Lowland Forest in Colombia

Lack of Interspecific Plant Competition With a Dominant Grass in the Understory of a Lowland... ABSTRACT I analyzed a natural experiment of competition involving a dominant herb in Tinigua Park, Colombia. Pharus virescens is a dominant monocarpic grass that synchronously produces seeds once every 5 yr, after which all individuals die. I found no difference in species richness, density, or diversity comparing plots with and without the grass in 381 quadrats (4 m2) and there was no negative relationship between the abundance of the grass and that of other plants. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Biotropica Wiley

Lack of Interspecific Plant Competition With a Dominant Grass in the Understory of a Lowland Forest in Colombia

Stevenson, Pablo R.
Biotropica , Volume 40 (3) – May 1, 2008
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Wiley
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© 2008 The Author(s) Journal compilation © 2008 by The Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation
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0006-3606
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1744-7429
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10.1111/j.1744-7429.2007.00369.x
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ABSTRACT I analyzed a natural experiment of competition involving a dominant herb in Tinigua Park, Colombia. Pharus virescens is a dominant monocarpic grass that synchronously produces seeds once every 5 yr, after which all individuals die. I found no difference in species richness, density, or diversity comparing plots with and without the grass in 381 quadrats (4 m2) and there was no negative relationship between the abundance of the grass and that of other plants.

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Biotropica – Wiley

Published: May 1, 2008

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