Geographical distributions in tropical trees: Can geographical range predict performance and habitat association in co-occurring tree species?

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 34, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1916-1926

  Baltzer, Jennifer L ^a,e   Davies, Stuart J ^a,b   Noor, Nur Supardi Md ^c   Kassim, Abdul Rahman ^c   Lafrankie, James V ^d  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^c FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^d NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^e MOUNT ALLISON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Abiotic resource requirements; Geographical range; Habitat association; Performance trade offs; Plasticity; Rainfall seasonality; Southeast Asia; Stress tolerance; Tropical trees

Indexed keywords

COEXISTENCE; EVERGREEN FOREST; FOREST DYNAMICS; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; GROWTH RATE; GROWTH RESPONSE; HABITAT SELECTION; MORTALITY; PREDICTION; TOLERANCE; TROPICAL FOREST; WATER AVAILABILITY;

ASIA; EURASIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

EID: 35348934887     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: 13652699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2007.01739.x     Document Type: Article

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