Dominant species and dispersal limitation regulate tree species distributions in a 20-ha plot in Xishuangbanna, southwest China

Oikos

Volumn 121, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 952-960

  Hu, Yue Hua ^a,b   Sha, Li Qing ^a   Blanchet, F Guillaume ^c   Zhang, Jiao Lin ^a   Tang, Yong ^a   Lan, Guo Yu ^d   Cao, Min ^a  

^a KEY LABORATORY OF TROPICAL FOREST ECOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^d INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL BIOSCIENCE AND BIOTECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOCORRELATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISPERSAL; DOMINANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HABITAT TYPE; HETEROGENEITY; NICHE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; TOPOGRAPHY; TREE;

CHINA; XISHUANGBANNA; YUNNAN;

EID: 84861475417     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: 16000706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0706.2011.19831.x     Document Type: Article

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