Habitat associations of Sterculiaceae trees in a Bornean rain forest plot

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 559-566

  Yamada, Toshihiro ^a,g   Tomita, Akemi ^a   Itoh, Akira ^b   Yamakura, Takuo ^b   Ohkubo, Tatsuhiro ^c   Kanzaki, Mamoru ^d   Tan, Sylvester ^e   Ashton, Peter S ^f  

^a PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF KUMAMOTO   (Japan)

^b Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

^c UTSUNOMIYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e Forest Department Sarawak   (Malaysia)

^f HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Equilibrium co existence; Lambir Hills National Park; Mixed dipterocarp forest; Neutral co existence; Niche differentiation; Species diversity

Indexed keywords

COEXISTENCE; HABITAT STRUCTURE; RAINFOREST; SPECIES-AREA RELATIONSHIP; TREE;

ASIA; EAST MALAYSIA; EURASIA; LAMBIR HILLS NATIONAL PARK; MALAYSIA; SARAWAK; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

MALVACEAE;

EID: 33845250423     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1658/1100-9233(2006)17[559:HAOSTI]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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