Biotic and abiotic drivers of dipterocarp seedling survival following mast fruiting in Malaysian Borneo

Journal of Tropical Ecology

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 129-137

  Oshima, Chiaki ^a   Tokumoto, Yuji ^a   Nakagawa, Michiko ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Density dependence; Dipterocarpaceae; Janzen Connell hypothesis; Lambir; masting; predator satiation hypothesis; seedling recruitment

Indexed keywords

COEXISTENCE; CONSPECIFIC; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FRUITING; HOST SPECIFICITY; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; MASTING; NATURAL ENEMY; OLD-GROWTH FOREST; PREDATOR; SEEDLING; SURVIVAL;

EAST MALAYSIA; MALAYSIA;

DIPTEROCARPACEAE;

EID: 84922241557     PISSN: 02664674     EISSN: 14697831     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S026646741400073X     Document Type: Article

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