Allometry and shade tolerance in pole-sized trees of two contrasting dipterocarp species in Sabah, Malaysia

Biotropica

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 437-440

  Barker, Martin G ^a   Pinard, Michelle A ^a   Nilus, Reuben ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b FOREST RESEARCH CENTRE   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Crown traits; Dipterocarpaceae; Malaysia; Monolayer; Multilayer; Sabah; Sapling; Shorea macroptera; Vatica micrantha

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; CANOPY ARCHITECTURE; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; SHADE TOLERANCE; SUCCESSION;

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

DIPTEROCARPACEAE; SHOREA MACROPTERA; VATICA;

EID: 33646469464     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: 17447429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.2006.00145.x     Document Type: Article

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