Spatial pattern analysis of tree species distribution in a tropical rain forest of Cameroon: Assessing the role of limited dispersal and niche differentiation

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 197, Issue 1-3, 2004, Pages 191-202

  Hardy, Olivier J ^a   Sonké, Bonaventure ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YAOUNDÉ I   (Cameroon)

Author keywords

Alpha and beta diversity; Cameroon; Community ecology; Isolation by distance; Neutral model; Tropical forest

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; INFORMATION ANALYSIS; PROBABILITY;

CLUMPING; PATTERN ANALYSIS; SPATIAL PATTERNS;

FORESTRY;

COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; DISPERSAL; LINE TRANSECT; RAINFOREST; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ECOLOGY; FORESTRY; PROBABILITY;

AFRICA; CAMEROON; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 3843071068     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2004.05.014     Document Type: Conference Paper

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