Pair-wise competition-trials amongst seedlings of ten dipterocarp species; the role of initial height, growth rate and leaf attributes

Journal of Tropical Ecology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 317-328

  Tanner, E V J ^a   Teo, V K ^a   Coomes, D A ^a   Midgley, J J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Competition; Dipterocarpaceae; Dryobalanops; Hopea; Parashorea; Seedlings; Shorea; Size; Tropical trees

Indexed keywords

GROWTH RATE; HEIGHT; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; MORTALITY; SEEDLING;

DIPTEROCARPACEAE; DRYOBALANOPS; HOPEA; PARASHOREA; SHOREA;

EID: 20844439095     PISSN: 02664674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0266467405002269     Document Type: Article

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