Spatial components of dispersal and survival for seeds and seedlings of two codominant tree species in the tropical rain forest of Guyana

Tropical Ecology

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 343-355

  Zagt, R J ^a,b   Werger, Marinus J A ^b  

^a Tropenbos Guyana Programme   (Guyana)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Dispersal; Guyana; Janzen Connell model; Monodominant forest; Population dynamics; Tropical rain forest

Indexed keywords

RAINFOREST; SEED DISPERSAL; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; SURVIVAL; TREE;

GUYANA;

CHLOROCARDIUM RODIEI; DICYMBE ALTSONII;

EID: 0031390468     PISSN: 05643295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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