Ecological processes maintaining differential tree species distributions in an Australian subtropical rain forest: Implications for models of species coexistence

Journal of Tropical Ecology

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 387-415

  Debski, Igor ^a   Burslem, David F R P ^a   Lamb, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Density dependence; Queensland; Sloanea woollsii; Spatial distribution; Tropical trees

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; COEXISTENCE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; RAINFOREST; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TREE;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0033852154     PISSN: 02664674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0266467400001474     Document Type: Article

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