Differences in growth and light requirement of two sympatric congeneric tree species in an Indonesian floodplain forest

Journal of Tropical Ecology

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 349-352

  Yamada, Toshihiro ^a,b   Ngakan, Oka Putu ^c   Suzuki, Eizi ^d  

^a PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF KUMAMOTO   (Japan)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c HASANUDDIN UNIVERSITY   (Indonesia)

^d KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Equilibrium coexistence; Interspecific comparison; Light; Pterospermum diversifolium; Pterospermum javanicum; Regeneration niche; Sterculiaceae

Indexed keywords

COEXISTENCE; FLOODPLAIN FOREST; LIGHT; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TREE;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDONESIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

MALVACEAE; PTEROSPERMUM;

EID: 33645841069     PISSN: 02664674     EISSN: 14697831     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S026646740500310X     Document Type: Article

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