The importance of demographic niches to tree diversity

Science

Volumn 313, Issue 5783, 2006, Pages 98-101

  Condit, Richard ^a,b   Ashton, Peter ^c   Bunyavejchewin, Sarayudh ^d   Dattaraja, H S ^e   Davies, Stuart ^c   Esufali, Shameema ^f   Ewango, Corneille ^g   Foster, Robin ^h   Gunatilleke, I A U N ^f   Gunatilleke, C V S ^f   Hall, Pamela ⁱ   Harms, Kyle E ^j   Hart, Terese ^k   Hernandez, Consuelo ^l   Hubbell, Stephen ^m   Itoh, Akira ⁿ   Kiratiprayoon, Somboon ^o   LaFrankie, James ^p   Loo De Lao, Suzanne ^b   Makana, Jean Remy ^k   Noor, Md Nur Supardi ^q   Kassim, Abdul Rahman ^q   Russo, Sabrina ^c   Sukumar, Raman ^e   Samper, Cristián ^r   Suresh, Hebbalalu S ^e   Tan, Sylvester ^s   Thomas, Sean ^t   Valencia, Renato ^l   Vallejo, Martha ^u   Villa, Gorky ^l   Zillio, Tommaso ^a,b   more..

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ECOLOGICAL ANALYSIS AND SYNTHESIS   (United States)

^b SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d DEPARTMENT OF NATIONAL PARKS   (Thailand)

^e INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PERADENIYA   (Sri Lanka)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

^h FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

ⁱ FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^j LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^k WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (Congo)

^l PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DEL ECUADOR   (Ecuador)

^m UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

ⁿ Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

^o THAMMASAT UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^p NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^q FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^r DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^s FOREST RESEARCH CENTRE   (Malaysia)

^t UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^u INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIÓN DE RECURSOS BIOLÓGICOS ALEXANDER VON HUMBOLDT   (Colombia)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS;

DEMOGRAPHIC; ECOLOGICAL HYPOTHESES; SPECIES; TROPICAL FOREST;

FORESTRY;

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; COEXISTENCE; DEMOGRAPHY; GROWTH RATE; MORTALITY; NICHE; SPECIES RICHNESS; SURVIVAL; TREE; TROPICAL FOREST;

ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; ECOLOGY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GROWTH RATE; MORTALITY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT; SURVIVAL; TREE; TROPICS;

AFRICA; AMERICAS; ASIA; BAYES THEOREM; BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; INDIA; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; SEASONS; TREES; WEATHER;

DATA RECORDERS; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS;

EID: 33745924126     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1124712     Document Type: Article

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