Importance of topography and soil texture in the spatial distribution of two sympatric dipterocarp trees in a Bornean rainforest

Ecological Research

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 307-320

  Itoh, Akira ^a   Yamakura, Takuo ^a   Ohkubo, Tatsuhiro ^b   Kanzaki, Mamoru ^c   Palmiotto, Peter A ^d   LaFrankie, James V ^e   Ashton, Peter S ^f   Lee, Hua Seng ^g  

^a Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

^b UTSUNOMIYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d ANTIOCH UNIVERSITY NEW ENGLAND   (United States)

^e NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^f HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g Forest Department Sarawak   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Dipterocarpaceae; Dryobalanops; Habitat; Spatial distribution; Tropical rainforest

Indexed keywords

HABITAT SELECTION; RAINFOREST; SOIL TEXTURE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TOPOGRAPHY; TREE;

MALAYSIA;

DIPTEROCARPACEAE; DRYOBALANOPS; DRYOBALANOPS AROMATICA; DRYOBALANOPS LANCEOLATA; LANCEOLATA;

EID: 0042863236     PISSN: 09123814     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1703.2003.00556.x     Document Type: Article

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