Architectural and allometric differences among Scaphium species are related to microhabitat preferences

Functional Ecology

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 731-737

  Yamada, T ^a,c   Yamakura, T ^a   Lee, H S ^b  

^a Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

^b Forest Department   (Malaysia)

^c PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF KUMAMOTO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Allocation; Regeneration niche; Saplings; Tree architecture; Tropical rainforest

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; MICROHABITAT; NICHE PARTITIONING; PLANT ARCHITECTURE; RAINFOREST;

MALAYSIA;

EID: 0034518598     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2435.2000.00479.x     Document Type: Article

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