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Costa Rican Natural History 1984 2026 1998 2012 681
  1. Costa Rican Natural History (1984)
    Alan P. Smith Ecology

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Drought acclimation among tropical forest shrubs (Psychotria, Rubiaceae)
1992
Comparative life history and physiology of two understory Neotropical herbs
1991
Comparative physiology and demography of three Neotropical forest shrubs: alternative shade-adaptive character syndromes
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Growth and photosynthetic response of nine tropical species with long-term exposure to elevated carbon dioxide
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Spacing patterns and crown size variability in an Ecuadorian desert shrub species
1979
The Selective Advantages of Anthocyanins in Developing Leaves of Mango and Cacao
1987
DROUGHT ACCLIMATION OF AN UNDERSTORY SHRUB (PSYCHOTRIA LIMONENSIS; RUBIACEAE) IN A SEASONALLY DRY TROPICAL FOREST IN PANAMA
1991
Water potential gradients for gaps and slopes in a Panamanian tropical moist forest's dry season
1988
TROPICAL ALPINE PLANT ECOLOGY
1987
Analysis of forest light environments part I. Computerized estimation of solar radiation from hemispherical canopy photographs
1989
Potential effects of elevated CO2 and changes in temperature on tropical plants
1991
Costa Rican Natural History
1984 Standout
The Paradox of Plant Height in an Andean Giant Rosette Species
1980
Postdispersal Parent-Offspring Conflict in Plants: Antecedent and Hypothesis from the Andes
1984
Spatial and Temporal Patterns of Light and Canopy Structure in a Lowland Tropical Moist Forest
1992
Gas Exchange in Six Tropical Semi-Deciduous Forest Canopy Tree Species During the Wet and Dry Seasons
1995
Tropical Alpine Environments: Plant Form and Function
1994
Vegetative reproduction and close packing in a successional plant species
1976 Nature
Does the Correlation of Elevation with Plant Taxonomic Richness Vary with Latitude?
1988
Stratification of Temperature and Tropical Forests
1973
Function of Dead Leaves in Espeletia schultzii (Compositae), and Andean Caulescent Rosette Species
1979
Tropical Forest Plant Ecophysiology.
1997
Growth and photosynthesis of Aechmea magdalenae, a terrestrial CAM plant in a tropical moist forest, Panama
1988
Behavioral and Morphological Adaptations of a Tropical Plant to High Rainfall
1978
Albinism in relation to competition in bamboo Phyllostachys bambusoides
1977 Nature
Spatial autocorrelation of solar radiation in a tropical moist forest understory
1990
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