Liana habitat associations and community structure in a Bornean lowland tropical forest

Plant Ecology

Volumn 186, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 203-216

  DeWalt, Saara J ^a   Ickes, Kalan ^a,b   Nilus, Reuben ^c   Harms, Kyle E ^d,e   Burslem, David F R P ^b  

^a CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^c FOREST RESEARCH CENTRE   (Malaysia)

^d LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

Author keywords

Dipterocarp forest; Diversity; Habitat specialization; Randomization tests; Sabah; Vines

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; HABITAT STRUCTURE; LOWLAND ENVIRONMENT; RAINFOREST; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL TYPE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; TROPICAL FOREST; VINE;

ASIA; BORNEO; EAST MALAYSIA; EURASIA; MALAY ARCHIPELAGO; MALAYSIA; SABAH; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

EID: 33748684387     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11258-006-9123-6     Document Type: Article

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