Phenology and fecundity in 11 sympatric pioneer species of Macaranga (Euphorbiaceae) in Borneo

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 86, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1786-1795

  Davies, Stuart J ^a,b   Ashton, Peter S ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITI MALAYSIA SARAWAK   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Early successional trees; Euphorbiaceae; Macaranga; Malaysia; Onset of reproduction; Seed size; Shade tolerance; Succession; Tree height; Tropical rain forest

Indexed keywords

FECUNDITY; PHENOLOGY; PIONEER SPECIES; REPRODUCTION;

BORNEO;

EUPHORBIA; EUPHORBIACEAE; MACARANGA;

EID: 0033298535     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2656675     Document Type: Article

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