Soil resources and topography shape local tree community structure in tropical forests

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 280, Issue 1753, 2013, Pages

  Baldeck, Claire A ^a,b   Harms, Kyle E ^c,d   Yavitt, Joseph B ^e   John, Robert ^f   Turner, Benjamin L ^c   Valencia, Renato ^g   Navarrete, Hugo ^g   Davies, Stuart J ^c,h   Chuyong, George B ⁱ   Kenfack, David ^h   Thomas, Duncan W ^j   Madawala, Sumedha ^k   Gunatilleke, Nimal ^k   Gunatilleke, Savitri ^k   Bunyavejchewin, Sarayudh ^l   Kiratiprayoon, Somboon ^m   Yaacob, Adzmi ⁿ   Nur Supardi, Mohd N ^o   Dalling, James W ^b,c  

^a and Conservation Biology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^d LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^f BIDHAN CHANDRA KRISHI VISWAVIDYALAYA   (India)

^g PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DEL ECUADOR   (Ecuador)

^h HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF BUEA   (Cameroon)

^j OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY OF PERADENIYA   (Sri Lanka)

^l DEPARTMENT OF NATIONAL PARKS   (Thailand)

^m THAMMASAT UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

ⁿ UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MARA   (Malaysia)

^o FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

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Author keywords

Beta diversity; Community structure; Dispersal; Soil; Topography; Tropical forest

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DISPERSAL; DIVERSITY INDEX; PLANT COMMUNITY; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT; TROPICAL FOREST;

EID: 84872188318     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2012.2532     Document Type: Article

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