Tree growth is related to light interception and wood density in two mixed dipterocarp forests of Malaysia

Functional Ecology

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 445-453

  King, D A ^a   Davies, S J ^a   Nur Supardi, M N ^b   Tan, S ^c  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^c Sarawak Forestry Corporation ^*  (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Crown area; Tree architecture; Tropical forest

Indexed keywords

FOREST DYNAMICS; GROWTH; LIGHT; MIXED FOREST; TREE; WOOD;

ASIA; EAST MALAYSIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; LAMBIR HILLS NATIONAL PARK; MALAYSIA; NEGERI SEMBILAN; PASOH FOREST RESERVE; SARAWAK; SOUTHEAST ASIA; WEST MALAYSIA; WORLD;

EID: 23444441295     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2005.00982.x     Document Type: Article

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