Coexistence and community structure of tropical trees in a Hawaiian montane rain forest

Biotropica

Volumn 28, Issue 4 A, 1996, Pages 746-758

  Hatfield, Jeff S ^a   Link, William A ^a   Dawson, Deanna K ^a   Lindquist, Edward L ^b  

^a PATUXENT WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b Superior National Forest   (United States)

Author keywords

Acacia koa; Coexistence; Competition; Hawaii; Lottery model; Metrosideros polymorpha; Montane rain forest

Indexed keywords

ACACIA KOA; HAWAIIA; LOA; MAUNA; METROSIDEROS POLYMORPHA; FABACEAE; MYRTACEAE;

COEXISTENCE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; MONTANE FOREST; RAINFOREST;

USA, HAWAII, MAUNA LOA;

EID: 0030318123     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2389061     Document Type: Article

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