Primary forest dynamics in lowland dipterocarp forest at Danum Valley, Sabah, Malaysia, and the role of the understorey

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 354, Issue 1391, 1999, Pages 1763-1782

  Newbery, D M ^a   Kennedy, D N ^a   Petol, G H ^b   Madani, L ^b   Ridsdale, C E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b FOREST RESEARCH CENTRE   (Malaysia)

^c Van Steenis Gebow   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Borneo; Dipterocarp forest; Drought disturbance; Ecosystem feedback; Rainforest dynamics; Understorey

Indexed keywords

CANOPY; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; MORTALITY; RAINFOREST; RECRUITMENT; UNDERSTORY;

DANUM VALLEY; MALAYSIA; SABAH;

EID: 0033615995     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.1999.0519     Document Type: Article

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