Growth and competition between seedlings of an invasive plantation tree, Acacia mangium, and those of a native Borneo heath-forest species, Melastoma beccarianum

Ecological Research

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 205-214

  Osunkoya, Olusegun O ^a   Othman, Farah E ^a   Kahar, Rafhiah S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI BRUNEI DARUSSALAM   (Brunei Darussalam)

Author keywords

Additive design; Biological invasion; Growth performance; Heath (kerangas) forest; Relative growth rate

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; COMPETITIVE ABILITY; GROWTH RATE; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; SEEDLING;

ASIA; BRUNEI DARUSSALAM; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; WORLD;

ACACIA; ACACIA MANGIUM; MELASTOMA; MELASTOMA BECCARIANUM;

EID: 19544367591     PISSN: 09123814     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11284-004-0027-4     Document Type: Article

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