Spatially aggregated fruiting in an emergent Bornean tree

Journal of Tropical Ecology

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 531-538

  Itoh, Akira ^a   Yamakura, Takuo ^a   Ohkubo, Tatsuhiro ^b   Kanzaki, Mamoru ^c   Palmiotto, Peter ^d   Tan, Sylvester ^e   Lee, Hua Seng ^e  

^a Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

^b UTSUNOMIYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d ANTIOCH UNIVERSITY NEW ENGLAND   (United States)

^e Forest Department Sarawak   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Borneo; Dipterocarpaceae; Dryobalanops aromatica; General flowering; Masting; Spatial distribution

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION; FRUITING; MASTING; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TREE;

BORNEO;

DIPTEROCARPACEAE; DRYOBALANOPS; DRYOBALANOPS AROMATICA;

EID: 0142122837     PISSN: 02664674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0266467403003584     Document Type: Article

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