Phylodiversity-dependent seedling mortality, size structure, and disease in a Bornean rain forest

Ecology

Volumn 87, Issue 7 SUPPL., 2006, Pages

  Webb, Campbell O ^a,c   Gilbert, Gregory S ^b   Donoghue, Michael J ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Borneo; Community phylogenetic structure; Density dependence; Phylodiversity; Plant pathogen infection; Seedlings

Indexed keywords

DISEASE SPREAD; EVOLUTIONARY THEORY; MORTALITY; PHYLOGENETICS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEEDLING EMERGENCE; SIZE STRUCTURE; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ASIA; BORNEO; EURASIA; MALAY ARCHIPELAGO; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

EID: 33749817688     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: 00129658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(2006)87[123:psmssa]2.0.co;2     Document Type: Article

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