Evidence for arrested succession within a tropical forest fragment in Singapore

Journal of Tropical Ecology

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 323-326

  Goldsmith, Gregory R ^a   Comita, Liza S ^b,c   Chua, Siew Chin ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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

^c SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^d NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Bukit Timah; forest dynamics plot; forest fragmentation; leaf litter; secondary forest; seedling regeneration

Indexed keywords

ABANDONED LAND; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FOREST DYNAMICS; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; LEAF LITTER; OLD-GROWTH FOREST; PASTURE; REGENERATION; SECONDARY FOREST; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; TROPICAL FOREST;

BUKIT TIMAH; SINGAPORE [SOUTHEAST ASIA];

EID: 80055009674     PISSN: 02664674     EISSN: 14697831     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0266467411000010     Document Type: Article

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