Tropical tree species assemblages in topographical habitats change in time and with life stage

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 99, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1441-1452

  Kanagaraj, Rajapandian ^a   Wiegand, Thorsten ^a   Comita, Liza S ^b,c   Huth, Andreas ^a  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ECOLOGICAL ANALYSIS AND SYNTHESIS   (United States)

^c SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

Author keywords

Environmental heterogeneity; Habitat preference; Multivariate regression tree analysis; Plant population and community dynamics; Regeneration niche; Species assemblages; Topography; Tropical forest diversity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CENSUS; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; ERROR CORRECTION; HABITAT SELECTION; HABITAT STRUCTURE; HABITAT TYPE; HETEROGENEITY; JUVENILE; LOWLAND ENVIRONMENT; MORTALITY; NICHE; PLANT COMMUNITY; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SHRUB; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT; TROPICAL FOREST;

PANAMA [CENTRAL AMERICA];

EID: 80053625757     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: 13652745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2745.2011.01878.x     Document Type: Article

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