Disturbance and tropical pioneer species: Patterns of association across life history stages

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 277, Issue , 2012, Pages 54-66

  Goodale, Uromi M ^a   Ashton, Mark S ^a   Berlyn, Graeme P ^a   Gregoire, Timothy G ^a   Singhakumara, B M P ^b   Tennakoon, Kushan U ^c  

^a Yale University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SRI JAYEWARDENEPURA   (Sri Lanka)

^c UNIVERSITI BRUNEI DARUSSALAM   (Brunei Darussalam)

Author keywords

Canopy hemispheric photography; Disturbance; Life history stages; Pioneers; Restoration ecology; Shade tolerance

Indexed keywords

DISTURBANCE; LIFE HISTORY STAGES; PIONEERS; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SHADE TOLERANCE;

PHOTOGRAPHY; REFORESTATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REVEGETATION;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

COEXISTENCE; DICOTYLEDON; DISTURBANCE; FOREST CANOPY; GENERALIST; GUILD; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; LIGHT AVAILABILITY; NATURE RESERVE; PHOTOGRAPH; PHYTOREMEDIATION; PIONEER SPECIES; RAINFOREST; REFORESTATION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SAPLING; SHADE TOLERANCE; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; SUCCESSION; TROPICAL REGION; WORLD HERITAGE SITE;

SABARAGAMUWA; SINHARAJA FOREST RESERVE; SRI LANKA;

ALSTONIA; ALSTONIA MACROPHYLLA; DILLENIA; MACARANGA INDICA; MACARANGA PELTATA; MELASTOMA MALABATHRICUM; SCHUMACHERIA CASTANEIFOLIA; TREMA; TREMA ORIENTALIS; WENDLANDIA;

EID: 84861000983     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2012.04.020     Document Type: Article

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