Multidimensional tree niches in a tropical dry forest
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Tree dispersion, abundance, and diversity in a tropical dry forest.
Patterns of tree abundance and dispersion in a tropical deciduous (dry) forest are summarized. The generalization that tropical trees have spaced adults did not hold. All species were either clumped or randomly dispersed, with rare species more clumped than common species. Breeding system was unrelated to species abundance or dispersion, but clumping was related to mode of seed dispersal. Juven...
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عنوان ژورنال: Ecology
سال: 2017
ISSN: 0012-9658
DOI: 10.1002/ecy.1788