Reproduction of dipterocarps during low intensity masting events in a Bornean rain forest

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 635-646

  Maycock, Colin R ^a   Thewlis, Richard N ^b   Ghazoul, Jaboury ^b   Nilus, Reuben ^c   Burslem, David F R P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c FOREST RESEARCH CENTRE   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Dipterocarpaceae; General flowering; Pollen limitation; Predator satiation; Sabah; Scatter hoarding; Secondary dispersal

Indexed keywords

DENSITY DEPENDENCE; MORTALITY; RECRUITMENT; SEED DISPERSAL; SEED PREDATION; SURVIVAL;

ASIA; EAST MALAYSIA; EURASIA; MALAYSIA; SABAH; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

DIPTEROCARPACEAE; HOPEA BECCARIANA; PARASHOREA; SHOREA MULTIFLORA; TOMENTELLA;

EID: 30344475230     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1658/1100-9233(2005)016[0635:RODDLI]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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