Roles of Seed and Establishment Limitation in Determining Patterns of Afrotropical Tree Recruitment

Connie J. Clark; John R. Poulsen; Doug J. Levey

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0063330

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Roles of Seed and Establishment Limitation in Determining Patterns of Afrotropical Tree Recruitment

Connie J. Clark ,

* E-mail: connie.j.clark@duke.edu

Affiliations Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America, Department of Biology, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America
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John R. Poulsen,

Affiliations Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America, Department of Biology, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America
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Doug J. Levey

Affiliations Department of Biology, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America, National Science Foundation, Arlington, Virginia, United States of America
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Roles of Seed and Establishment Limitation in Determining Patterns of Afrotropical Tree Recruitment

Connie J. Clark,
John R. Poulsen,
Doug J. Levey

Published: May 14, 2013
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0063330

About the Authors

Connie J. Clark

* E-mail: connie.j.clark@duke.edu

Affiliations Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America, Department of Biology, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

John R. Poulsen

Doug J. Levey

Affiliations Department of Biology, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America, National Science Foundation, Arlington, Virginia, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CJC JRP DJL. Performed the experiments: CJC JRP. Analyzed the data: CJC JRP. Wrote the paper: CJC JRP DJL.

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