The role of desiccation tolerance in determining tree species distributions along the Malay-Thai Peninsula

Functional Ecology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 221-231

  Baltzer, J L ^a,e   Davies, S J ^a,b   Bunyavejchewin, S ^c   Noor, N S M ^d  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^c DEPARTMENT OF NATIONAL PARKS   (Thailand)

^d FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^e MOUNT ALLISON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Malaysia; Physiological adaptation; Rainfall seasonality gradient; Thailand; Tropical rain forest

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; DESICCATION; DROUGHT RESISTANCE; ECOPHYSIOLOGY; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RAINFOREST; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEASONALITY; TOLERANCE; TROPICAL FOREST;

ASIA; EURASIA; MALAYSIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; THAILAND;

EID: 40949152083     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: 13652435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2007.01374.x     Document Type: Article

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