Mechanisms of monodominance in diverse tropical tree-dominated systems

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 99, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 891-898

  Peh, Kelvin S H ^a,b   Lewis, Simon L ^a   Lloyd, Jon ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Competitive exclusion; Disturbance; Diversity; Life history traits; Low diversity forests; Mixed forests; Plant population and community dynamics; Positive feedback; Single species dominance; Tropical forest

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DISTURBANCE; DOMINANCE; ECOLOGICAL THEORY; FEEDBACK MECHANISM; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MIXED FOREST; PLANT COMMUNITY; PROBABILITY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SUCCESSION; TROPICAL FOREST;

EID: 79951829591     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: 13652745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2745.2011.01827.x     Document Type: Article

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