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Popularity of Gustavia superba over time

[Plots of numbers of papers mentioning Gustavia superba (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)]

Total Mentions (Biological Abstracts/Biosis Previews):

References

 

Alvarez-Clare S, Kitajima K (2007) Physical defence traits enhance seedling survival of neotropical tree species. Functional Ecology 21, 1044-54. Contact: Alvarez-Clare, S. ; Univ Florida, Dept Bot, Gainesville, FL 32611 USA

 

Arnold AE (2007) Understanding the diversity of foliar endophytic fungi: progress, challenges, and frontier's. Fungal Biology Reviews 21, 51-66. Contact: Arnold, A. Elizabeth; Univ Arizona, Dept Plant Sci, Div Plant Pathol and Microbiol, 1140 E S Campus Dr,Forbes 303, Tucson, AZ 85721 USA

 

Tanner EVJ, Barberis IM (2007) Trenching increased growth, and irrigation increased survival of tree seedlings in the understorey of a semi-evergreen rain forest in Panama. Journal of Tropical Ecology 23, 257-68. Contact: Tanner, Edmund V. J. ; Univ Cambridge, Dept Plant Sci, Downing St, Cambridge CB2 3EA, UK

 

Asquith NM, Mejia-Chang M (2005) Mammals, edge effects, and the loss of tropical forest diversity. Ecology (Washington D C) 86, 379-90. Contact: Asquith, Nigel M. ; Conservat Int, Reg Conservat Strateg Grp, 1919 M St NW, Washington, DC 20036 USA

 

Barberis IM, Tanner EVJ (2005) Gaps and root trenching increase tree seedling growth in Panamanian semi-evergreen forest. Ecology (Washington D C) 86, 667-74. Contact: Tanner, Edmund V. J.; Univ Cambridge, Dept Plant Sci, Cambridge CB2 3EA, UK

 

Farris-Lopez K, Denslow JS, Moser B, Passmore H (2004) Influence of a common palm, Oenocarpus mapora, on seedling establishment in a tropical moist forest in Panama. Journal of Tropical Ecology 20, 429-38. Contact: Farris-Lopez, Krista ; 180 Sutton Rd, Bryson City, NC, 28731, USA

 

Chatzimanolis S (2003) Notes on the mating behavior of Ptecticus nigrifrons (Diptera: Stratiomyidae). Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 76, 663-6. Contact: Chatzimanolis, Stylianos; Division of Entomology, Natural History Museum/Biodiversity Research Center and Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Kansas, 1460 Jayhawk Blvd, Snow Hall, Lawrence, KS, 66045-7523, USA

 

Lopez OR, Kursar TA (2003) Does flood tolerance explain tree species distribution in tropical seasonally flooded habitats? Oecologia (Berlin) 136, 193-204. Contact: Lopez, Omar R. ; Department of Botany, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 430 Lincoln Dr., Madison, WI, 53706-1381, USA

 

Edwards W, Gadek P (2002) Multiple resprouting from diaspores and single cotyledons in the Australian tropical tree species Idiospermum australiense. Journal of Tropical Ecology 18, 943-8. Contact: Edwards, Will ; School of Tropical Biology, James Cook University, Cairns, 4878, Australia

 

Chatzimanolis S (2000) An association between Ptecticus nigrifrons (Diptera: Stratiomyidae) and Nordus fungicola (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae). Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 73, 232-4. Contact: Chatzimanolis, Stylianos; Division of Entomology, Natural History Museum/Biodiversity Research Center and Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Kansas, 1460 Jayhawk Blvd., Snow Hall, Lawrence, KS, 66045-7523, USA

hatziman@ku.edu

 

Dalling JW, Harms KE (1999) Damage tolerance and cotyledonary resource use in the tropical tree Gustavia superba. Oikos 85, 257-64. Contact: Dalling, J. W. ; Smithsonian Tropical Research Inst., Balboa, Panama

 

Lopez OR, Kursar TA (1999) Flood tolerance of four tropical tree species. Tree Physiology 19, 925-32. Contact: Lopez, Omar R. ; Department of Biology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA

 

Arnold AE, Coley PD, Kursar T (1998) Fungal endophytes of neotropical trees: Diversity, abundance, and ecological patterns. Biotropica 30. Contact: Arnold, A. Elizabeth ; Univ. Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA

 

Tyree MT, Velez V, Dalling JW (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, 293-8. Contact: Tyree, Melvin T. ; USDA For. Serv., Aiken For. Sci. Lab., P.O. Box 968, South Burlington, VT 05402, USA

 

Asquith NM, Wright SJ, Clauss MJ (1997) Does mammal community composition control recruitment in neotropical forests? Evidence from Panama. Ecology (Washington D C) 78, 941-6. Contact: Asquith, Nigel M. ; Dep. Zoology, Duke Univ., Box 90325, Durham, NC 27708-0325, USA

 

Harms KE, Dalling JW, Aizprua R (1997) Regeneration from cotyledons in Gustavia superba (Lecythidaceae). Biotropica 29, 234-7. Contact: Harms, Kyle E. ; Dep. Ecol. Evol. Biol., Princeton Univ., Princeton, NJ 08544, USA

 

Guariguata MR, Gilbert GS (1996) Interspecific variation in rates of trunk wound closure in a Panamanian lowland forest. Biotropica 28, 23-9. Contact: Guariguata, Manuel R. ; CATIE, Unidad Manejo Bosques Nat., Apdo. 7170, Turrialba, Costa Rica

 

Harms KE, Aiello A (1995) Seed-boring by tropical clearwing moths (Sesiidae): Aberrant behavior or widespread habit? Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society 49, 43-8. Contact: Aiello, Annette; Smithsonian Trop. Res. Inst., Box 2072 Balboa, Ancon, Panama

 

Forget P-M (1992) Seed removal and seed fate in Gustavia superba (Lecythidaceae). Biotropica 24, 408-14. Contact: Lab. d'Ecologie Generale, Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle Paris, 4 Avenue du Petit Chateau, 91800 Brunoy, France

 

Molofsky J, Augspurger CK (1992) The Effect of Leaf Litter on Early Seedling Establishment in a Tropical Forest. Ecology (Washington D C) 73, 68-77. Contact: MOLOFSKY J ; BOTANY DEP, DUKE UNIV, DURHAM, NC 27706, USA

 

Aide TM (1991) Synchronous Leaf Production and Herbivory in Juveniles of Gustavia-Superba. Oecologia (Berlin) 88, 511-4. Contact: AIDE T M; DEP BIOLOGY, UNIVERSITY UTAH, SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH 84112, 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

 

Aide TM, Londono EC (1989) The Effects of Rapid Leaf Expansion on the Growth and Survivorship of a Lepidopteran Herbivore. Oikos 55, 66-70. Contact: AIDE T M ; DEP BIOL, UNIV UTAH, SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH 84112, USA

 

Sork VL (1987) Demography of Gustavia-Superba a Tree with Large Seeds Disseminated by Mammals. Revista de Biologia Tropical 35, 232-3. Contact: SORK V L; UNIV MISSOURI-ST LOUIS, ST LOUIS, MISSOURI 63121, USA

 

Sork VL (1987) Effects of Predation and Light on Seedling Establishment in Gustavia-Superba. Ecology (Washington D C) 68, 1341-50. Contact: SORK V L; DEP BIOL, UNIV MO-ST LOUIS, ST LOUIS, MO 63121 USA, USA

 

Sork VL (1985) Germination Response in a Large-Seeded Neotropical Tree Species Gustavia-Superba Lecythidaceae. Biotropica 17, 130-6. Contact: SORK V L; DEP OF BIOLOGY, UNIV OF MISS-ST LOUIS, ST LOUIS, MISS 63121, USA

 

Lang GE, Knight DH (1979) Decay Rates for Boles of Tropical Trees in Panama. Biotropica 11, 316-7. Contact: LANG G E ; DEP BIOL, W VA UNIV, MORGANTOWN, W VA 26506, USA

 

Mori SA, Prance GT, Bolten AB (1978) Additional Notes on the Floral Biology of Neotropical Lecythidaceae. Brittonia 30, 113-30. Contact: MORI S A ; N Y BOT GARD, BRONX, NY 10458, USA

 

Mori SA (1978) Gustavia-Fosteri New-Species Lecythidaceae from Panama. Brittonia 30, 340-1. Contact: MORI S A; NY BOT GARD, BRONX, NY 10458, USA

 

Kowal RR, Mori SA, Kallunki JA (1977) Chromosome Numbers of Panamanian Lecythidaceae and Their Use in Subfamilial Classification. Brittonia 29, 399-410. Contact: KOWAL R R ; DEP BOT, UNIV WIS, MADISON, WIS 53706, USA

 

Mori SA, Kallunki JA (1976) Phenology and Floral Biology of Gustavia-Superba Lecythidaceae in Central Panama. Biotropica 8, 184-92.

 

Mori S, Garcia-Barriga H (1975) A New Colombian Species of Lecythidaceae. Caldasia 11, 51-4.

 

Croat TB, Mori S (1974) A Gustavia-Grandibracteata New-Species Lecythidaceae from Panama and Colombia. Brittonia 26, 22-6.

 

Dwyer JD (1965) Notes on the Lecythidaceae of Panama. Ann Missouri Bot Gard 52, 351-63. Contact: Saint Louis Univ., Saint Louis, Missouri, USA

 

Hood JD (1935) Eleven new Thripidae (Thysanoptera) from Panama. Jour New York Ent Soc 43, 143-71.

 

 


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