Irradiance and spectral quality affect asian tropical rain forest tree seedling development

Ecology

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 568-580

  Lee, David W ^a,b   Baskaran, Krishnapillay ^c   Mansor, Marzalina ^c   Mohamad, Haris ^c   Yap, Son Kheong ^c  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FAIRCHILD TROPICAL BOTANIC GARDEN   (United States)

^c FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Asia; Development; Red : far red ratio; Shade tolerance; Spectral quality; Tree seedling; Tropical rain forest

Indexed keywords

DRYOBALANOPS AROMATICA; ENDOSPERMUM; ENDOSPERMUM MALACCENSE; HOPEA WIGHTIANA; PARKIA JAVANICA; SHOREA SINGKAWANG; SINDORA; SINDORA ECHINOCALYX; CAESALPINIACEAE; DIPTEROCARPACEAE; EUPHORBIACEAE; FABACEAE; MIMOSACEAE; SYMPLOCACEAE;

CANOPY SHADE; IRRADIANCE; RAINFOREST; SEEDLING DEVELOPMENT; SHADE TOLERANCE; TREE;

ASIA;

EID: 0030389708     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2265631     Document Type: Article

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