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Guarea glabra

Popularity of Guarea glabra over time

[Plots of numbers of papers mentioning Guarea glabra (filled column histogram and left hand axis scale) and line of best fit, 1926 to 2006 (complete line, with equation and % variation accounted for, in box on the left hand side); Plots of a proportional micro index, derived from numbers of papers mentioning Guarea glabra as a proportion (scaled by multiplying by one million) of the total number of papers published for that year (broken line frequency polygon and right hand scale) and line of best fit, 1926 to 2006 (broken line, with equation and % variation accounted for, in broken line box on the right hand side)]

Total Mentions (Biological Abstracts/Biosis Previews):

References

 

Bridgewater SGM, Harris DJ, et al. (2006) A preliminary checklist of the vascular plants of the Chiquibul Forest, Belize. Edinburgh Journal of Botany 63, 269-321. Contact: Bridgewater, S. G. M. ; Nat Hist Museum, Cromwell Rd, London SW7 5BD, UK

 

Coronado IM (2006) Five new species of Guarea (Meliaceae), two from the Guarea glabra Vahl complex, in central America. Novon 16, 462-7. Contact: Coronado, Indiana M.; Ctr Conservat and Sustainable Dev, Missouri Bot Garden,POB 299, St Louis, MO 63166 USA

 

Burns JM, Janzen DH (2001) Biodiversity of pyrrhopygine skipper butterflies (Hesperiidae) in the Area de Conservacion Guanacaste, Costa Rica. Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society 55, 15-43. Contact: Burns, John M. ; Department of Systematic Biology, Entomology Section, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, 20560-0127, USA

burns.john@nmnh.si.edu, djanzen@sas.upenn.edu

 

Wenny DG (1999) Two-stage dispersal of Guarea glabra and G. kunthiana (Meliaceae) in Monteverde, Costa Rica. Journal of Tropical Ecology 15, 481-96. Contact: Wenny, Daniel G.; Illinois Natural History Survey, Savanna, IL, 61074, USA

 

Fernandez DS, Fetcher N (1996) Photosynthetic acclimation in tropical trees: Effects of the light x nitrogen interaction in shade-tolerant species. Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America 77. Contact: Univ. Puerto Rico, San Juan 00931, Puerto Rico

 

Wenny D (1996) Post-dispersal fate of two species of bird-dispersed tropical trees. Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America 77. Contact: Univ. Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA

 

Fisher JB (1992) Grafting and Rooting of Leaves of Guarea Meliaceae Experimental Studies on Leaf Autonomy. American Journal of Botany 79, 155-65. Contact: FISHER J B; FAIRCHILD TROPICAL GARDEN, 11935 OLD CUTLER RD, MIAMI, FLA 33156, USA

 

Perez Garcia M, Rincon E, Orozco-Segovia A (1992) Red and far red transmittance and leaf anatomy of some tropical rain forest woody species. Boletin de la Sociedad Botanica de Mexico 0, 79-93. Contact: Perez Garcia, Martha ; Dep. Biol., C.B.S.. Univ. Auton. Metrop.-Iztapalapa, Apdo. Postal 55-535, 09340 Mexico, Mexico

 

Fisher JB (1991) Grafting and Rooting of Leaves of Guarea Meliaceae. American Journal of Botany 78, 24-5. Contact: FISHER J B; FAIRCHILD TROPICAL GARDEN, 11935 OLF CUTLER RD, MIAMI, FLA 33156, USA

 

Kursar TA, Coley PD (1991) Nitrogen Content and Expansion Rate of Young Leaves of Rain Forest Species Implications for Herbivory. Biotropica 23, 141-50. Contact: KURSAR T A ; DEP BIOL, UNIV UTAH, SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH 84112, USA

 

Iwakiri S (1990) Yield and conditions of log-cutting in 20 species of wood in the Amazonia. Acta Amazonica 20, 271-81. Contact: Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazonia-INPA, Manaus-AM, Brazil

 

Steingraeber DA, Fisher JB (1986) Indeterminate Growth of Leaves in Guarea Meliaceae a Twig Analog. American Journal of Botany 73, 852-62. Contact: STEINGRAEBER D A ; DEP BOTANY, COLORADO STATE UNIV, FORT COLLINS, COLORADO 80523, USA

 

Encarnacion F, Ramella L, Spichigher R (1984) The Meliaceae of the Arboretum Jenaro Herrera Province of Requena Department of Loreto Peru the Flora and Vegetation of the Peruvian Amazonia 7. Candollea 39, 693-714. Contact: ENCARNACION F ; CONSERVATOIRE JARDIN BOTANIQUES VILLE GENEVE, CASE POSTALE 60, CH-1292 CHAMBESY/GE

 

Steingraeber DA, Fisher JB (1983) Indeterminate Growth of Leaves in Guarea Meliaceae a Twig Analog. American Journal of Botany 70. Contact: STEINGRAEBER D A ; DEP BOT PLANT PATHOL, COLO STATE UNIV, FORT COLLINS, CO 80523, USA

 

Babos K (1979) Fiber Length Frequency of Some Cuban Tree Species. Acta Botanica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 25, 177-86. Contact: BABOS K; RES INST WOOD IND, BUDAPEST, HUNG

 

Barajas-Morales J, Rebollar-Dominguez S, Echenique-Manrique R (1979) Anatomy of the Woods of Mexico 2. 20 Species from the Lacandona Tropical Rain Forest. Biotica (Mexico) 4, 163-93. Contact: BARAJAS-MORALES J ; INST BIOL, UNIV NACIONAL AUTONOMA, MEX

 

Howe HF, De Steven D (1979) Fruit Production Migrant Bird Visitation and Seed Dispersal of Guarea-Glabra in Panama. Oecologia (Berlin) 39, 185-96. Contact: HOWE H F ; DEP ZOOL, UNIV IOWA, IOWA CITY, IOWA 52242, USA

 

Babos K, Borhidi A (1978) Xylotomic Study of Some Woody Plant Species from Cuba Part 1. Acta Botanica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 24, 15-40. Contact: BABOS K ; RES INST WOOD IND, BUDAPEST, HUNG

 

Pinto IG (1977) Ornamental Plants of the Public Parks of the City of Rio-De-Janeiro Brazil 2. Leandra, 107-18. Contact: PINTO I G; DEP BOT, UNIV FED RIO DE J, RIO DE JANEIRO, GUANABARA, BRAZ

 

Ferguson G, Gunn PA, Marsh WC, McCrindle R, Restivo R, Connolly JD, Fulke JWB, Henderson MS (1975) Tetra Nortriterpenoids and Related Substances Part 17 a New Skeletal Class of Tri Terpenoids from Guarea-Glabra Meliaceae. Journal of the Chemical Society Perkin Transactions I 5, 491-7.

 

Ferguson G, Gunn PA, Marsh WC, Mc Crindle R, Restivo R, Connolly JD, Fulke JWB, Henderson MS (1973) Tri Terpenoids from Guarea-Glabra Meliaceae a New Skeletal Class Identified by Chemical Spectroscopic and X-Ray Evidence. Journal of the Chemical Society Chemical Communications, 159-60.

 

Hansford CG (1956) Tropical fungi - VI. New species and revisions. Sydowia 10, 41-100. Contact: Waite Res Inst., Adelaide, Australia

 

Standley PC (1929) Studies of American plants. 1, 2. Field Mus Nat Hist [Publ 264] Bot Ser 4, 197-345.

 

 

 

 


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