Seed ecology and successional status of 27 tropical rainforest cabinet timber species from Queensland

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 256, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1031-1038

  Smith, N J C ^a   Zahid, D M ^a   Ashwath, N ^a   Midmore, D J ^a  

^a CENTRAL QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Boiling water treatment; Climax species; Darkness; Early and late secondary species; Germination index; Maternal fruit presence; Nicking; Pioneer; Succession

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGY; FORESTRY; FRUIT JUICES; SEED;

BOILING WATER; BOILING WATER TREATMENT; CLIMAX SPECIES; DARKNESS; EARLY AND LATE SECONDARY SPECIES; GERMINATION INDEX; MATERNAL FRUIT PRESENCE; NICKING; PIONEER; PIONEER SPECIES; QUEENSLAND; SEEDLING PRODUCTION; SUCCESSION; TIMBER SPECIES; TROPICAL RAIN FORESTS;

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; DARK; ECOLOGY; GERMINATION; RAINFOREST; SEED; SEED PRODUCTION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SUCCESSION; TIMBER; TROPICAL FOREST;

BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGY; ECOLOGY; FORESTRY; FRUITS; GERMINATION; SEEDS; WATER TREATMENT;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; QUEENSLAND;

EID: 49049104339     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2008.06.005     Document Type: Article

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