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The results showed that rainfall patterns and the soil texture may interact in a much more complex way than was initially hypothesized, and that water availability to seeds and seedlings is not necessarily predictable. The absence of seedlings of the three tree species might be better explained by high seed predation and low light level in the understorey.","mimetype":"application/xml+jats"}],"refs":[{"index":0,"extra":{"doi":"10.2136/sssaj1962.03615995002600020007x"},"key":"S0266467400005101_ref009"},{"index":1,"extra":{"doi":"10.2307/280569"},"key":"S0266467400005101_ref015"},{"index":2,"extra":{"authors":["Janzen"],"volume":"20"},"key":"S0266467400005101_ref007","year":1982,"container_name":"Brenesia","locator":"425"},{"index":3,"extra":{"authors":["Hubbell"],"volume-title":"Plant Ecology"},"key":"S0266467400005101_ref006","year":1986,"container_name":"Plant Ecology","locator":"77"},{"index":4,"extra":{"doi":"10.2307/1942493"},"key":"S0266467400005101_ref005"},{"index":5,"extra":{"authors":["Pennington"],"volume-title":"Arboles tropicales de México"},"key":"S0266467400005101_ref014","year":1968,"container_name":"Arboles tropicales de México"},{"index":6,"extra":{"doi":"10.1037/0033-2909.97.2.316"},"key":"S0266467400005101_ref013"},{"index":7,"extra":{"authors":["Ng"],"volume-title":"Tropical trees as living systems"},"key":"S0266467400005101_ref012","year":1978,"container_name":"Tropical trees as living systems","locator":"129"},{"index":8,"extra":{"authors":["Moreno-Casasola"]},"key":"S0266467400005101_ref011","year":1982,"container_name":"Biotica","locator":"577"},{"index":9,"extra":{"doi":"10.2136/sssaj1977.03615995004100060039x"},"key":"S0266467400005101_ref010"},{"index":10,"extra":{"authors":["DeBano"],"volume-title":"Water repellent soils: a state-of-the-art"},"key":"S0266467400005101_ref004","year":1981,"container_name":"Water repellent soils: a state-of-the-art"},{"index":11,"extra":{"doi":"10.2136/sssaj1971.03615995003500020044x"},"key":"S0266467400005101_ref003"},{"index":12,"extra":{"doi":"10.1007/bf00346397"},"key":"S0266467400005101_ref001"},{"index":13,"extra":{"authors":["Zar"],"volume-title":"Biostatistical analysis"},"key":"S0266467400005101_ref019","year":1984,"container_name":"Biostatistical analysis"},{"index":14,"extra":{"doi":"10.2307/3565808"},"key":"S0266467400005101_ref018"},{"index":15,"extra":{"volume-title":"SAS/GRAPH User's Guide"},"key":"S0266467400005101_ref017","year":1985,"container_name":"SAS/GRAPH User's Guide"},{"index":16,"extra":{"authors":["Rzedowski"],"volume-title":"Vegetación de México"},"key":"S0266467400005101_ref016","year":1978,"container_name":"Vegetación de México"},{"index":17,"extra":{"authors":["Lawless"],"volume-title":"Statistical models and methods for lifetime data"},"key":"S0266467400005101_ref008","year":1982,"container_name":"Statistical models and methods for lifetime data"}],"contribs":[{"index":0,"raw_name":"Dominique Blain","role":"author","extra":{"seq":"first"}},{"index":1,"raw_name":"Martin Kellman","role":"author"}],"language":"en","publisher":"Cambridge University Press (CUP)","pages":"69-83","issue":"01","ext_ids":{"doi":"10.1017/s0266467400005101"},"release_year":1991,"release_stage":"published","release_type":"article-journal","container_id":"kmuziwybbfbhtjgmfjhly5eg3q","webcaptures":[],"filesets":[],"files":[{"release_ids":["jtuncadu6jdpvlptxv3fxjqo5e"],"mimetype":"application/pdf","urls":[],"sha256":"f1f16869483facd7513c4f9c2e9f2f12ca24faa60c87c3d2ccd7742ca5026c86","sha1":"d2b7a59e846d70ebc13b93e46b4a157e9e1d9eb6","md5":"96862c62cbeac2c9ba72c4aee39ebf71","size":836632,"extra":{"shadows":{"scimag_doi":"10.1017/s0266467400005101","scimag_id":"41183725"}},"revision":"b7582dbe-22b9-4641-9525-b1917bdb07f4","ident":"gdvqqebixjb4tdlwcz2ib5znla","state":"active"}],"container":{"wikidata_qid":"Q15755822","issnp":"0266-4674","issne":"1469-7831","issnl":"0266-4674","publisher":"Cambridge University Press","container_type":"journal","name":"Journal of Tropical Ecology","extra":{"abbrev":"J. 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