On the causes of gradients in tropical tree diversity

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 193-210

  Givnish, Thomas J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Anti herbivore defences; Density dependent mortality; Tree turnover; Tropical forests

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; FOREST; HERBIVORY; INFERTILITY; MODEL; MORTALITY; PLANT HEIGHT; PLANT PATHOGEN INTERACTION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION STRUCTURE; ROOTING; SEASONALITY; SEED DISPERSAL; SHADE; TROPICS;

ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TREE; TROPICAL FOREST;

EID: 0032907591     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2745.1999.00333.x     Document Type: Article

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