Photosynthesis of nine pioneer Macaranga species from Borneo in relation to life history

Ecology

Volumn 79, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 2292-2308

  Davies, Stuart James ^a,b,c  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITI BRUNEI DARUSSALAM   (Brunei Darussalam)

^c UNIVERSITI MALAYSIA SARAWAK   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Ecophysiology; Growth rates; Life history; Macaranga; Photosynthesis; Pioneer trees; Rain forest; Secondary succession; Seed size; Shade tolerance; Southeast Asia; Tree seedlings

Indexed keywords

ECOPHYSIOLOGY; LIFE HISTORY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PIONEER SPECIES; SEEDLING; TREE;

BORNEO;

MACARANGA;

EID: 0031685543     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/176823     Document Type: Article

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