Habitat niche partitioning by 16 species of Myristicaceae in Amazonian Ecuador

Plant Ecology

Volumn 192, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 193-207

  Queenborough, Simon A ^a,b   Burslem, David F R P ^a   Garwood, Nancy C ^c   Valencia, Renato ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DEL ECUADOR   (Ecuador)

Author keywords

Coexistence; Lowland tropical rain forest; Species diversity; Yasun

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSPERM; COEXISTENCE; GROWTH; MORTALITY; NICHE PARTITIONING; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; RECRUITMENT; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TROPICAL FOREST;

ECUADOR; NAPO; SOUTH AMERICA; YASUNI NATIONAL PARK;

MYRISTICACEAE;

EID: 34548474040     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11258-007-9328-3     Document Type: Article

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