Growth and survivorship of dipterocarp seedlings: Differences in shade persistence create a special case of dispersal limitation

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 354, Issue 1391, 1999, Pages 1847-1855

  Brown, Nick ^a   Press, Malcolm ^b   Bebber, Dan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dipterocarpaceae; Mast fruiting; Niche differentiation; Seedling regeneration; Species coexistence

Indexed keywords

CANOPY GAP; DISPERSAL; GROWTH; PERSISTENCE; SHADE TOLERANCE; SURVIVORSHIP; UNDERSTORY;

EID: 0033615996     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.1999.0526     Document Type: Article

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