A spatially explicit model of sapling growth in a tropical forest: Does the identity of neighbours matter?

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 348-360

  Uriarte, María ^a   Condit, Richard ^b   Canham, Charles D ^a   Hubbell, Stephen P ^c  

^a CARY INSTITUTE OF ECOSYSTEM STUDIES   (United States)

^b SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Barro Colorado Island; Density dependence; Ecological equivalence; Neighbourhood effects; Neutral theory

Indexed keywords

DENSITY DEPENDENCE; GROWTH RESPONSE; MODELING; SAPLING; TAXONOMY; TROPICAL FOREST;

BARRO COLORADO ISLAND; CENTRAL AMERICA; GATUN LAKE; PANAMA [CENTRAL AMERICA];

EID: 1842534535     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0022-0477.2004.00867.x     Document Type: Article

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