Life history differences and tree species coexistence in an old-growth New Zealand rain forest

Ecology

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 795-806

  Lusk, Christopher H ^a   Smith, Benjamin ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE TALCA   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Bootstrap test; Dacrydium cupressinum; Disturbance regime; Longevity; Nothofagus menziesii; Null model; Prumnopitys ferruginea; Radial growth rate; Shade tolerance; Species coexistence; Tree life histories; Treefall gap

Indexed keywords

DACRYDIUM CUPRESSINUM; NOTHOFAGUS MENZIESII; PRUMNOPITYS FERRUGINEA; WEINMANNIA RACEMOSA;

EID: 0031823261     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(1998)079[0795:LHDATS]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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