Variation in juvenile survival and related physiological traits among dipterocarp species co-existing in a Bornean forest

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 379-388

  Aiba, Masahiro ^a   Nakashizuka, Tohru ^b  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Allocation; Demography; Lambir hills national park; Niche partitioning; Regeneration; Sapling; Seedling

Indexed keywords

AGEOSTROPHIC FLOW; ANGIOSPERM; COEXISTENCE; JUVENILE; LIGHT AVAILABILITY; NICHE PARTITIONING; PHYLOGENY; RAINFOREST; REGENERATION; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SAPLING; SEEDLING; SOIL WATER POTENTIAL; SURVIVAL;

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

DIPTEROCARPACEAE;

EID: 34249280974     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1658/1100-9233(2007)18[379:VIJSAR]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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