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Light gaps and long-term seedling performance of a Neotropical canopy tree (Dipteryx panamensis, Leguminosae)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 July 2009

Diane De Steven
Affiliation:
Department of Biological Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 53201, USA

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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1988

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