Size dominance regulates tree spacing more than competition within height classes in tropical Cameroon

Journal of Tropical Ecology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 93-102

  Getzin, Stephan ^a   Worbes, Martin ^a   Wiegand, Thorsten ^b   Wiegand, Kerstin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cameroon; diversity; mark correlation function; pair correlation function; spatial patterns; tropical forest

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION; DOMINANCE; GROWTH RATE; NICHE PARTITIONING; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PHYTOMASS; RAINFOREST; SIZE STRUCTURE; SPACING; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TREE STUMP; TROPICAL FOREST;

CAMEROON;

EID: 79251629988     PISSN: 02664674     EISSN: 14697831     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0266467410000453     Document Type: Article

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