Listing of Useful Plants of the World
NOTICE: Information on the background to this Listing is available. The analysis of numbers of papers/mentions over time was completed in 1997, using the Agricola database (1970-1996). Hard copies of the Listing (553 pages; over 4200 new crops listed with the analyses of numbers of papers over time included) are available from the publisher, Dr Rob Fletcher; see Advice on Publications Available.
The references listed below are from the Biological Abstracts database (1988-2000) and are courtesy of SilverPlatter Information. For more information re Silverplatter, go to www.silverplatter.com.
Gustavia superba
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Common Name(s):
paco syn membrillo macho syn tupu-membrilloReferences
(Biological Abstracts 1988-2000):[These references are from the Biological Abstracts database and are courtesy of SilverPlatter Information. For more information re SilverPlatter, go to
www.silverplatter.com. References are listed alphabetically by author within years, with most recent references first; addresses of author(s) have been included when available. To search within this page, we suggest using Find in Page, within the Edit menu of the Web Browser.]Dalling, J. W. and K. E. Harms (1999). Damage tolerance and cotyledonary resource use in the tropical tree Gustavia superba. Oikos . May 85(2): 257-264. {a} Smithsonian Tropical Research Inst., Balboa, Panama
Lopez, O. R. and T. A. Kursar (1999). Flood tolerance of four tropical tree species. Tree Physiology. Dec. 19(14): 925-932. {a} Department of Biology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
Tyree, M. T., V. Velez, et al. (1998). Growth dynamics of root and shoot hydraulic conductance in seedlings of five neotropical tree species: Scaling to show possible adaptation to differing light regimes. Oecologia Berlin 114(3): 293-298. {a} USDA For. Serv., Aiken For. Sci. Lab., P.O. Box 968, South Burlington, VT 05402, USA
Asquith, N. M., S. J. Wright, et al. (1997). Does mammal community composition control recruitment in neotropical forests? Evidence from Panama. Ecology Washington D C 78(3): 941-946. {a} Dep. Zoology, Duke Univ., Box 90325, Durham, NC 27708-0325, USA
Harms, K. E., J. W. Dalling, et al. (1997). Regeneration from cotyledons in Gustavia superba (Lecythidaceae). Biotropica 29(2): 234-237. {a} Dep. Ecol. Evol. Biol., Princeton Univ., Princeton, NJ 08544, USA
Guariguata, M. R. and G. S. Gilbert (1996). Interspecific variation in rates of trunk wound closure in a Panamanian lowland forest. Biotropica 28(1): 23-29. {a} CATIE, Unidad Manejo Bosques Nat., Apdo. 7170, Turrialba, Costa Rica
Harms, K. E. and A. Aiello (1995). Seed-boring by tropical clearwing moths (Sesiidae): Aberrant behavior or widespread habit? Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society 49(1): 43-48. {a} Smithsonian Trop. Res. Inst., Box 2072 Balboa, Ancon, Panama
Forget, P. M. (1992). Seed removal and seed fate in Gustavia superba (Lecythidaceae). Biotropica 24(3): 408-414. Lab. d'Ecologie Generale, Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle Paris, 4 Avenue du Petit Chateau, 91800 Brunoy, France
Molofsky, J. and C. K. Augspurger (1992). The effect of leaf litter on early seedling establishment in a tropical forest. Ecology 73(1): 68-77.
Aide, T. M. (1991). Synchronous leaf production and herbivory in juveniles of Gustavia superba. Oecologia 88(4): 511-514.
Kursar, T. A. and P. D. Coley (1991). Nitrogen content and expansion rate of young leaves of rain forest species: Implications for herbivory. Biotropica 23(2): 141-150.
Aide, T. M. and E. C. Londono (1989). The effects of rapid leaf expansion on the growth and survivorship of a lepidopteran herbivore. Oikos 55(1): 66-70.
Sork, V. L. (1985). Germination response in a large-seeded neotropical tree species, Gustavia superba (Lecythidaceae). Biotropica 17(2): 130-136.
Sork, V. L. (1341). Effects of predation and light on seedling establishment in Gustavia superba. Ecology 68(5): 1341-1350.
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