Determinants of tree species distributions: Comparing the roles of dispersal, Seed size and soil specialization in a bornean rainforest

Seed Dispersal: Theory and its Application in a Changing World

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 499-518

  Russo, Sabrina E ^a,c   Potts, Matthew D ^b   Davies, Stuart J ^c   Tan, Sylvester ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA   (United States)

^b Department of Biology   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Sarawak Forestry Corporation ^*  (Malaysia)

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