Species richness, forest structure, and functional diversity during succession in the New Guinea Lowlands

Biotropica

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 538-548

  Whitfeld, Timothy J S ^a   Lasky, Jesse R ^b   Damas, Kipiro ^c   Sosanika, Gibson ^d,e   Molem, Kenneth ^d   Montgomery, Rebecca A ^f  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Howard Hughes Medical Institute   (United States)

^c PNG Forest Research Institute   (Papua New Guinea)

^d New Guinea Binatang Research Center   (Papua New Guinea)

^e GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Forest regeneration; Functional diversity; New guinea; Plant traits; Secondary succession; Tropical forests

Indexed keywords

EID: 84906943547     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: 17447429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/btp.12136     Document Type: Article

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