Neighbour-regulated mortality: The influence of positive and negative density dependence on tree populations in species-rich tropical forests

Ecology Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 757-765

  Peters, Halton A ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Density dependent mortality; Genetic herd immunity; Janzen Connell hypothesis; Neighbourhood crowding; Species herd protection; Tropical forest dynamics

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHY; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; FOREST DYNAMICS; MORTALITY; TROPICAL FOREST;

MALAYSIA; PANAMA;

EID: 0041627377     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1461-0248.2003.00492.x     Document Type: Article

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