Spatial distribution patterns of the dominant canopy dipterocarp species in a seasonal dry evergreen forest in western Thailand

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 175, Issue 1-3, 2003, Pages 87-101

  Bunyavejchewin, Sarayudh ^a   LaFrankie, James V ^b   Baker, Patrick J ^c,g   Kanzaki, Mamoru ^d   Ashton, Peter S ^e   Yamakura, Takuo ^f  

^a ROYAL FOREST DEPARTMENT   (Thailand)

^b SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

^g PACIFIC SOUTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Dipterocarps; Spatial patterns; Thailand

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; POPULATION STATISTICS;

SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION PATTERNS;

FORESTRY;

CANOPY; EVERGREEN FOREST; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

THAILAND;

DIPTEROCARPUS; HOPEA; HOPEA ODORATA; VATICA;

EID: 0037416123     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(02)00126-3     Document Type: Article

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