The ecology of very small-seeded shade-tolerant trees and shrubs in lowland rain forest in Singapore

Plant Ecology

Volumn 134, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 131-149

  Metcalfe, Daniel J ^a   Grubb, Peter J ^a   Turner, I M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Life form; Litter; Mycorrhiza; Nutrients; Regeneration niche; Seed size

Indexed keywords

LIGHT REQUIREMENT; RAINFOREST; SEED MASS; SEEDLING; SHADE TOLERANCE; UNDERSTOREY;

SINGAPORE, BUKIT TIMAH NATURE RESERVE;

FICUS FISTULOSA; FICUS GROSSULARIOIDES; GYNOTROCHES; MORACEAE; PELLACALYX; PTERNANDRA ECHINATA; UROPHYLLUM HIRSTUM;

EID: 0031929998     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009789922595     Document Type: Article

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