Species-habitat associations in a Sri Lankan dipterocarp forest

Journal of Tropical Ecology

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 371-384

  Gunatilleke, C V S ^a   Gunatilleke, I A U N ^a   Esufali, S ^a   Harms, K E ^b,c   Ashton, P M S ^d   Burslem, D F R P ^e   Ashton, P S ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERADENIYA   (Sri Lanka)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^d Yale School of the Environment   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^f HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental heterogeneity; Habitat specialization; Rain forest; Sinharaja Forest Dynamics Plot; Species habitat associations; Sri Lanka; Torus translations

Indexed keywords

ELEVATION; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; HABITAT SELECTION; HABITAT STRUCTURE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ASIA; EURASIA; SABARAGAMUWA; SINHARAJA FOREST; SOUTH ASIA; SRI LANKA;

EID: 33745913913     PISSN: 02664674     EISSN: 14697831     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0266467406003282     Document Type: Article

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