Habitat characterizations underestimate the role of edaphic factors controlling the distribution of Entandrophragma

Ecology

Volumn 85, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 2171-2183

  Hall, Jefferson S ^a,c   McKenna, John J ^b   Ashton, P Mark S ^a   Gregoire, Timothy G ^a  

^a Yale School of the Environment   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^c WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (United States)

Author keywords

African mahogany; Available phosphorus; Central African Republic; Coexistence; Dispersal limitation; Entandrophragma; Exchangeable cations; Habitat preference; Niche; Soil fertility; Topographic position; Tropical forest

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL THEORY; NICHE; SOIL CHEMISTRY; SOIL PROPERTY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TROPICAL FOREST;

AFRICA; CENTRAL AFRICA; CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC; DZANGA-SANGHA DENSE FOREST RESERVE; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WORLD;

ENTANDROPHRAGMA; SWIETENIA;

EID: 8144224220     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/03-0043     Document Type: Article

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