title: Qualitative differences in tree species distributions along soil chemical gradients give clues to the mechanisms of specialization: why boron may be the most important soil nutrient at Barro Colorado Island.
authors: Department of Ecology, Evolution, & Behavior, Indiana University, 149 Jordan Hall, Bloomington, IN, 47401, USA.
authors: Brian
authors: B
authors: Steidinger
mesh_terms: D000222:Adaptation, Physiological; D001895:Boron / Q000378:metabolism*; D003710:Demography; D017753:Ecosystem; D062312:Islands; D010176:Panama; D012987:Soil / Q000737:chemistry*; D013045:Species Specificity; D014197:Trees / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D012987:Soil; D001895:Boron
keywords: niche breadth; nutrient toxicity; resource gradients; soil boron; tropical forest
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