Ecological Archives E096-004-A1

Leonor Álvarez-Cansino, Stefan A. Schnitzer, Joseph P. Reid, and Jennifer S. Powers. 2015. Liana competition with tropical trees varies seasonally but not with tree species identity. Ecology 96:39–45. http://dx.doi.org/10.1890/14-1002.1

Appendix A. Supplementary information on study tree species.

Study tree species, including leaf phenology and wood density in the six plots on Gigante Peninsula, Panama.  Phenology and woody density data are from Wright et al. (2010).

Species

Family

Leaf phenology

Wood density (g/cm3)

Alseis blackiana

Rubiaceae

Semideciduous

0.578

Protium tenuifolium

Proteaceae

Evergreen

0.586

Tetragastris panamensis

Proteaceae

Evergreen

0.589

Hirtella triandra

Chrysobalanaceae

Evergreen

0.606

Gustavia superba

Lecythidaceae

Evergreen

0.612

Trichilia tuberculata

Meliaceae

Evergreen

0.692

Xylopia macrantha

Annonaceae

Evergreen

0.84

Literature cited

Wright, S. J., K. Kitajima, N. J. B. Kraft, P. B. Reich, I. J. Wright, D. E. Bunker, R. Condit, J. W. Dalling, S. J. Davies, S. Díaz, B. M. J. Engelbrecht, K. E. Harms, S. P. Hubbell, C. O. Marks, M. C. Ruiz-Jaen, C. M. Salvador, and A. E. Zanne. 2010. Functional traits and the growth-mortality trade-off in tropical trees. Ecology 91:3664–3674.


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