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Trait evolution and the coexistence of a species swarm in the tropical forest understorey

dc.contributor.authorSedio, Brian E.en_US
dc.contributor.authorWright, S. Josephen_US
dc.contributor.authorDick, Christopher W.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2012-09-05T14:46:05Z
dc.date.available2013-10-18T17:47:29Zen_US
dc.date.issued2012-09en_US
dc.identifier.citationSedio, Brian E.; Wright, S. Joseph; Dick, Christopher W. (2012). "Trait evolution and the coexistence of a species swarm in the tropical forest understorey." Journal of Ecology 100(5). <http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/93533>en_US
dc.identifier.issn0022-0477en_US
dc.identifier.issn1365-2745en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/93533
dc.publisherBlackwell Publishing Ltden_US
dc.publisherWiley Periodicals, Inc.en_US
dc.subject.otherBarro Colorado Islanden_US
dc.subject.otherPhylogenetic Signalen_US
dc.subject.otherPhylogenetic Community Structureen_US
dc.subject.otherDeterminants of Plant Community Diversity and Structureen_US
dc.subject.otherCommunity Assemblyen_US
dc.subject.otherPsychotriaen_US
dc.titleTrait evolution and the coexistence of a species swarm in the tropical forest understoreyen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.rights.robotsIndexNoFollowen_US
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevelEcology and Evolutionary Biologyen_US
dc.subject.hlbtoplevelScienceen_US
dc.description.peerreviewedPeer Revieweden_US
dc.contributor.affiliationumDepartment of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Michigan, 830 North University, Ann Arbor, MI 48109‐1048, USAen_US
dc.contributor.affiliationotherSmithsonian Tropical Research Institute Apartado 0843–03092, Balboa, Ancon, Republic of Panamaen_US
dc.description.bitstreamurlhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/93533/1/jec1993.pdf
dc.identifier.doi10.1111/j.1365-2745.2012.01993.xen_US
dc.identifier.sourceJournal of Ecologyen_US
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