Crecimiento y supervivencia de plántulas de Welfia georgii en un bosque pluvial en la costa caribeña de Costa Rica

Seedlings of the palm Welfia georgii were studied at the La Selva biological station in the Atlantic coast of Costa Rica during the years 1973 -1976. The distribution of sizes of seedlings corresponds qualitatively 10 what is expected. There were few seedlings larger than 4.5 cm, representing indivi...

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Autor principal: Vandermeer, John
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Publicado: Universidad de Costa Rica 1990
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spelling RBT248882024-07-02T15:18:17Z Crecimiento y supervivencia de plántulas de Welfia georgii en un bosque pluvial en la costa caribeña de Costa Rica Crecimiento y supervivencia de plántulas de Welfia georgii en un bosque pluvial en la costa caribeña de Costa Rica Vandermeer, John Seedlings of the palm Welfia georgii were studied at the La Selva biological station in the Atlantic coast of Costa Rica during the years 1973 -1976. The distribution of sizes of seedlings corresponds qualitatively 10 what is expected. There were few seedlings larger than 4.5 cm, representing individuals that already had been exposed 10 a light gap and which therefore had grown rapidly. The majority of the individuals in the population had been degrowing due 10 their position in the understory. The general survivorship of seedlings was 61 %. The mean of the rate of growth was approximately -0.09 cm/año (the mean of the width of lcaflets) a statistic which may leave a false impression. The rate of growth is related to the size of the seedling in a complicated non-linear manner, in which very small individuals grow relatively rapidly, intermediate individuals "degrow" (actually decrease in size over time), and larger seedlings also grow rapidly. Using a model modified after Leflkowitch it is observed that the population of seedlings appears 10 be stable in the distribution of stages. Seedlings of the palm Welfia georgii were studied at the La Selva biological station in the Atlantic coast of Costa Rica during the years 1973 -1976. The distribution of sizes of seedlings corresponds qualitatively 10 what is expected. There were few seedlings larger than 4.5 cm, representing individuals that already had been exposed 10 a light gap and which therefore had grown rapidly. The majority of the individuals in the population had been degrowing due 10 their position in the understory. The general survivorship of seedlings was 61 %. The mean of the rate of growth was approximately -0.09 cm/año (the mean of the width of lcaflets) a statistic which may leave a false impression. The rate of growth is related to the size of the seedling in a complicated non-linear manner, in which very small individuals grow relatively rapidly, intermediate individuals "degrow" (actually decrease in size over time), and larger seedlings also grow rapidly. Using a model modified after Leflkowitch it is observed that the population of seedlings appears 10 be stable in the distribution of stages. Universidad de Costa Rica 1990-06-01 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Article application/pdf https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/rbt/article/view/24888 Revista de Biología Tropical; Vol. 38 No. 1 (1990); 7–20 Revista de Biología Tropical; Vol. 38 Núm. 1 (1990); 7–20 Revista Biología Tropical; Vol. 38 N.º 1 (1990); 7–20 2215-2075 0034-7744 10.15517/rbt.v38i1 spa https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/rbt/article/view/24888/25098 Copyright (c) 1990 Revista de Biología Tropical http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
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Crecimiento y supervivencia de plántulas de Welfia georgii en un bosque pluvial en la costa caribeña de Costa Rica
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description Seedlings of the palm Welfia georgii were studied at the La Selva biological station in the Atlantic coast of Costa Rica during the years 1973 -1976. The distribution of sizes of seedlings corresponds qualitatively 10 what is expected. There were few seedlings larger than 4.5 cm, representing individuals that already had been exposed 10 a light gap and which therefore had grown rapidly. The majority of the individuals in the population had been degrowing due 10 their position in the understory. The general survivorship of seedlings was 61 %. The mean of the rate of growth was approximately -0.09 cm/año (the mean of the width of lcaflets) a statistic which may leave a false impression. The rate of growth is related to the size of the seedling in a complicated non-linear manner, in which very small individuals grow relatively rapidly, intermediate individuals "degrow" (actually decrease in size over time), and larger seedlings also grow rapidly. Using a model modified after Leflkowitch it is observed that the population of seedlings appears 10 be stable in the distribution of stages.
title Crecimiento y supervivencia de plántulas de Welfia georgii en un bosque pluvial en la costa caribeña de Costa Rica
title_short Crecimiento y supervivencia de plántulas de Welfia georgii en un bosque pluvial en la costa caribeña de Costa Rica
title_full Crecimiento y supervivencia de plántulas de Welfia georgii en un bosque pluvial en la costa caribeña de Costa Rica
title_fullStr Crecimiento y supervivencia de plántulas de Welfia georgii en un bosque pluvial en la costa caribeña de Costa Rica
title_full_unstemmed Crecimiento y supervivencia de plántulas de Welfia georgii en un bosque pluvial en la costa caribeña de Costa Rica
title_sort crecimiento y supervivencia de plántulas de welfia georgii en un bosque pluvial en la costa caribeña de costa rica
title_alt Crecimiento y supervivencia de plántulas de Welfia georgii en un bosque pluvial en la costa caribeña de Costa Rica
publisher Universidad de Costa Rica
publishDate 1990
url https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/rbt/article/view/24888
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