Structure of tree communities and their association with soil properties in two fan-palm dominated forests of east coast Peninsular Malaysia

Tropical Ecology

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 213-226

  Nizam, M S ^a   Jeffri, A R ^a   Latiff, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Canonical correspondence analysis; Edaphic factors; Floristic pattern; Species composition; Vegetation environment relationship

Indexed keywords

CANONICAL ANALYSIS; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DIAMETER; FLORISTICS; FOREST INVENTORY; PLANT COMMUNITY; SAMPLING; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

MALAYSIA; WEST MALAYSIA;

ANACARDIACEAE; CLUSIACEAE; ELATERIOSPERMUM TAPOS; EUPHORBIACEAE; MYRTACEAE; TRACHYCARPUS;

EID: 84871586998     PISSN: 05643295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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