Habitats suitable for the establishment of Shorea curtisii seedlings in a hill forest in Peninsular Malaysia

Journal of Tropical Ecology

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 551-554

  Yagihashi, Tsutomu ^a   Otani, Tatsuya ^b   Tani, Naoki ^b   Nakaya, Tomoki ^c   Abd Rahman, Kassim ^d   Matsui, Tetsuya ^a   Tanouchi, Hiroyuki ^a  

^a FORESTRY AND FOREST PRODUCTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b JAPAN INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH CENTER FOR AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^c RITSUMEIKAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Bayesian methods; dipterocarp; dispersal limitation; selective logging; tropical rain forest

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; DICOTYLEDON; DISPERSAL; FOREST CANOPY; FOREST MANAGEMENT; HABITAT SELECTION; HILL; RAINFOREST; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; SELECTIVE LOGGING; TROPICAL FOREST;

MALAYSIA;

SHOREA CURTISII;

EID: 77957259090     PISSN: 02664674     EISSN: 14697831     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S026646741000026X     Document Type: Article

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