Changes in rain forest tree diversity, dominance and rarity across a seasonality gradient in the Western Ghats, India

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 493-501

  Davidar, Priya ^a,b   Puyravaud, Jean Philippe ^c,d   Leigh Jr , Egbert G ^a,b  

^a PONDICHERRY UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^c Ranomafana National Park   (Madagascar)

^d STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alpha diversity; India; Janzen Connell hypothesis; Pest pressure; Seasonality gradient; Tropical rain forest; Western Ghats

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE; DOMINANCE; LATITUDINAL GRADIENT; RAINFALL; RAINFOREST; RARITY; SEASONALITY; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA; WESTERN GHATS; WORLD;

MARTES PENNANTI;

EID: 15944418313     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2005.01165.x     Document Type: Article

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