Tree spacing and area of competitive influence do not scale with tree size in an African rain forest

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 729-738

  Lawes, Michael J ^a   Griffiths, Megan E ^a,b   Midgley, Jeremy J ^c   Boudreau, Stephane ^a,d   Eeley, Harriet A C ^a,e   Chapman, Colin A ^d,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^c CENTRE D ÉTUDES NORDIQUES   (Canada)

^d MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (United States)

^f CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aggregation; Neighbourhood effect; O ring analysis; Point pattern analysis; Ripley's K; Thiessen polygon

Indexed keywords

CONSPECIFIC; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; RAINFOREST; SIZE EFFECT; SPACING; SPECIES DIVERSITY; THINNING; TROPICAL FOREST;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; KIBALE NATIONAL PARK; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; UGANDA; WESTERN PROVINCE [UGANDA];

EID: 55649113760     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3170/2008-8-18445     Document Type: Article

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