Differences in growth trajectory and strategy of two sympatric congeneric species in an Indonesian floodplain forest

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 45-52

  Yamada, Toshihiro ^a   Ngakan, Oka Putu ^b   Suzuki, Eizi ^c  

^a PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF KUMAMOTO   (Japan)

^b Hasanudin University   (Indonesia)

^c KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Allometry; Architecture; Coexistence; Indonesia; Interspecific comparison; Pterospermum diversifolium; Pterospermum javanicum; Regeneration niche; Sterculiaceae

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; COEXISTENCE; GROWTH; LIGHT AVAILABILITY; NICHE PARTITIONING; PLANT ARCHITECTURE;

ASIA; EAST KALIMANTAN; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; INDONESIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; WORLD;

MALVACEAE; PTEROSPERMUM; PTEROSPERMUM DIVERSIFOLIUM; PTEROSPERMUM JAVANICUM;

EID: 12244255835     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3732/ajb.92.1.45     Document Type: Article

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