Causes and consequences of monodominance in tropical lowland forests

American Naturalist

Volumn 157, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 141-153

  Torti, S D ^a   Coley, P D ^a   Kursar, T A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Africa; Gilbertiodendron; Ituri forest; Monodominance

Indexed keywords

CANOPY; DOMINANCE; LEAF LITTER; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; SHADING; TROPICAL FOREST;

CONGO;

GILBERTIODENDRON DEWEVREI;

EID: 0035117039     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/318629     Document Type: Article

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