Neighbourhood composition determines growth, architecture and herbivory in tropical rain forest tree seedlings

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 94, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 646-655

  Massey, Fergus P ^a,b   Massey, Kate ^b   Press, Malcolm C ^a   Hartley, Sue E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Allocation; Branching; Competition; Danum Valley; Dipterocarps; Diversity; Herbivory; Janzen Connell; Recruitment; Shorea leprosula; Tropical forests

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS ALLOCATION; CANOPY; DEFOLIATION; GROWTH RATE; HERBIVORY; REGENERATION; SEEDLING; TROPICAL FOREST;

DIPTEROCARPACEAE; INSECTA; SHOREA LEPROSULA;

EID: 33645834363     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: 13652745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2745.2006.01127.x     Document Type: Article

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