Limited edge effects along a burned-unburned bornean forest boundary seven years after disturbance

Biotropica

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 288-298

  Slik, J W Ferry ^a   van Beek, Marloes ^b,c   Bernard, Caroline ^b   Bongers, Frans ^c   Breman, Floris C ^b,d   Cannon, Charles H ^a,e   Sidiyasa, Kade ^f  

^a KEY LABORATORY OF TROPICAL FOREST ECOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITEIT LEIDEN BRANCH   (Netherlands)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d ROYAL MUSEUM FOR CENTRAL AFRICA   (Belgium)

^e TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f Wanariset Herbarium ^*  (Indonesia)

Author keywords

Canopy development; Dispersal limitation; Functional traits; Mast fruiting; Regeneration; Tropical forest fire

Indexed keywords

CANOPY; CORRELATION; DISPERSAL; DISTURBANCE; EDGE EFFECT; FOREST FIRE; FOREST INVENTORY; FRUITING; OLD-GROWTH FOREST; REGENERATION; TROPICAL FOREST; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

EID: 79955099282     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: 17447429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.2010.00706.x     Document Type: Article

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