Physical, but not chemical, antiherbivore defense expression is related to the clustered spatial distribution of tropical trees in an Amazonian forest

The conspecific negative density dependence hypothesis states that mortality of young trees (seedlings and saplings) is higher near conspecific adults due to mechanisms such as allelopathy, intraspecific competition, and pest facilitation, explaining why in the tropics, most of plant species tend to...

• Autor Principal: Combo-Quinche, Johanna (author)
• Outros autores: Endara, María-José (author), Valencia, Renato (author), Muñoz-Upegui, Dolly (author), Cárdenas, Rafael (author)
• Formato: article
• Idioma: eng
• Publicado: 2019
• Acceso en liña: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/ece3.4859; http://repositorio.uti.edu.ec//handle/123456789/3109