Ecology of Aglaia mackiana (Meliaceae) seedlings in a New Guinea rain forest

Biotropica

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 111-120

  Mack, Andrew L ^a   Ickes, Kalan ^b   Jessen, J Heinrich ^c   Kennedy, Brian ^d   Sinclair, J Ross ^e  

^a Betty and Gordon Moore Center for Science and Oceans   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c 1700 BP Tower   (Malaysia)

^d Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Meliaceae; Papua New Guinea; Seed dispersal; Seedling ecology; Treefall gaps; Tropical rain forest

Indexed keywords

GROWTH RATE; HERBIVORY; SEEDLING; SURVIVORSHIP;

PAPUA NEW GUINEA;

AGLAIA; AGLAIA MACKIANA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; MELIACEAE;

EID: 0032770482     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.1999.tb00122.x     Document Type: Article

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