Spatial dispersion patterns of trees in a tropical rainforest in Xishuangbanna, southwest China

Ecological Research

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1117-1124

  Lan, Guoyu ^a,b,d   Zhu, Hua ^a   Cao, Min ^a   Hu, Yuehua ^a,b   Wang, Hong ^a   Deng, Xiaobao ^a   Zhou, Shishun ^a   Cui, Jingyun ^a   Huang, Jianguo ^c   He, Youcai ^c   Liu, Linyun ^c   Xu, Hailong ^c   Song, Junping ^c  

^a CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c Xishuangbanna National Nature Reserve Bureaus   (China)

^d INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL BIOSCIENCE AND BIOTECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Janzen Connell effects; Spatial distribution; Species diversity; Tropical rainforest; Xishuangbanna

Indexed keywords

COEXISTENCE; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MORTALITY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; RAINFOREST; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SAPLING; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TROPICAL FOREST;

CHINA; XISHUANGBANNA; YUNNAN;

EID: 77951094011     PISSN: 09123814     EISSN: 14401703     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11284-009-0590-9     Document Type: Article

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