Revista de Biología Tropical ISSN: 0034-7744
[email protected] Universidad de Costa Rica Costa Rica Castellanos, Maria Clara; Stevenson, Pablo R. Phenology, seed dispersal and difficulties in natural recruitment of the canopy tree Pachira quinata (Malvaceae) Revista de Biología Tropical, vol. 59, núm. 2, junio, 2011, pp. 921-933 Universidad de Costa Rica San Pedro de Montes de Oca, Costa Rica Available in: http://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=44922367030 How to cite Complete issue Scientific Information System More information about this article Network of Scientific Journals from Latin America, the Caribbean, Spain and Portugal Journal's homepage in redalyc.org Non-profit academic project, developed under the open access initiative Phenology, seed dispersal and difficulties in natural recruitment of the canopy tree Pachira quinata (Malvaceae) Maria Clara Castellanos1,2 & Pablo R. Stevenson1 1. Centro de Investigaciones Ecológicas La Macarena, Universidad de Los Andes. Cr. 1 no. 18ª-12. Bogotá, Colombia;
[email protected] 2. Centro de Investigaciones sobre Desertificación (CSIC-UV-GV), Apartado Oficial, 46470 Albal, Valencia, Spain;
[email protected] Received 17-VIII-2010. Corrected 10-XII-2010. Accepted 10-I-2011. Abstract: Life history and recruitment information of tropical trees in natural populations is scarce even for important commercial species. This study focused on a widely exploited Neotropical canopy species, Pachira quinata (Malvaceae), at the southernmost, wettest limit of its natural distribution, in the Colombian Amazonia. We studied phenological patterns, seed production and natural densities; assessed the importance of seed dis- persal and density-dependent effects on recruitment, using field experiments. At this seasonal forest P.