Competitive dominance in a secondary successional rain-forest community in Borneo

Journal of Tropical Ecology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 53-64

  Davies, Stuart J ^a,b,c   Semui, Hardy ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITI MALAYSIA SARAWAK   (Malaysia)

^c SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

Author keywords

Competition; Dillenia suffruticosa; Duabanga moluccana; Ficus grossularioides; Melastoma malabathricum; Nauclea maingayi; Nutrient limitation; Pioneer trees; Succession; Tree seedlings; Trema cannabina; Tropical forest; Vitex pubescens

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); NUTRIENT LIMITATION; PIONEER SPECIES; SECONDARY SUCCESSION;

ASIA; BORNEO; EURASIA; MALAY ARCHIPELAGO; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

DILLENIA SUFFRUTICOSA; DUABANGA MOLUCCANA; FICUS GROSSULARIOIDES; MELASTOMA; MELASTOMA MALABATHRICUM; NAUCLEA; TREMA; TREMA CANNABINA; VITEX; VITEX PUBESCENS;

EID: 29344462011     PISSN: 02664674     EISSN: 14697831     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0266467405002944     Document Type: Article

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