Dipterocarp seedling growth in rain forest canopy gaps during six and a half years

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 351, Issue 1344, 1996, Pages 1195-1203

  Whitmore, T G ^a   Brown, N D ^a  

^a Geography Department   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAP DYNAMICS; HERBIVORY; LIGHT; RAINFOREST; SEEDLING GROWTH; SHADE TOLERANCE;

MALAYSIA, SABAH;

DIPTEROCARPACEAE; HOPEA NERVOSA; PARASHOREA MALAANONAN; SHOREA JOHORENSIS; PARASHOREA;

EID: 0030435840     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.1996.0102     Document Type: Article

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