Seedling growth of Shorea (Dipterocarpaceae) across an elevational range in Southwest Sri Lanka

Journal of Tropical Ecology

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 231-245

  Gunatilleke, C V S ^a   Gunatilleke, I A U N ^a   Ashton, P M S ^b   Ashton, P S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERADENIYA   (Sri Lanka)

^b Yale School of the Environment   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Asia; Dipterocarps; Rain forest; Regeneration; Seedling morphology; Sinharaja

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDINAL GRADIENT; LEAF MASS; LEAF NUMBER; SEEDLING GROWTH; TRANSPLANTATION EXPERIMENT;

SRI LANKA;

DOONA; SHOREA; SHOREA AFFINIS; SHOREA DISTICHA; SHOREA GARDNERI; SHOREA MEGISTOPHYLLA; SHORES TRAPEZIFOLIA;

EID: 0031900619     PISSN: 02664674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0266467498000182     Document Type: Article

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