Disturbance history of a seasonal tropical forest in Western Thailand: A spatial dendroecological analysis

Biotropica

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 578-586

  Middendorp, Romaike S ^a   Vlam, Mart ^b   Rebel, Karin T ^c   Baker, Patrick J ^d,e   Bunyavejchewin, Sarayudh ^f   Zuidema, Pieter A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^f DEPARTMENT OF NATIONAL PARKS   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Age structure; Dendroecology; Disturbance history; Melia azederach; Meliaceae; Spatial statistics; Thailand; Tropical forest

Indexed keywords

AGE STRUCTURE; DENDROECOLOGY; DISTURBANCE; FOREST DYNAMICS; FOREST FIRE; PIONEER SPECIES; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); REGENERATION; TREE; TROPICAL FOREST;

HUAI KHA KHAENG WILDLIFE SANCTUARY; THAILAND;

MELIA; MELIACEAE;

EID: 84883444925     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: 17447429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/btp.12051     Document Type: Article

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