Environmental heterogeneity, recruitment limitation and the mesoscale distribution of palms in a tropical montane rain forest (Maquipucuna, Ecuador)

Journal of Tropical Ecology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 97-113

  Svenning, J C ^a,b  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

Author keywords

Andes; Arecaceae; Dispersal limitation; Logistic regression; Spatial autocorrelation; Species environment relationships

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; RAINFOREST; RECRUITMENT; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT;

ECUADOR;

EID: 0035121993     PISSN: 02664674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0266467401001067     Document Type: Article

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