Size structure of a dominant Neotropical forest tree species, Dicymbe altsonii, in Guyana and some factors reducing seedling leaf area

Autor:	B. C. Wood, F. Marsh, Rico Isaacs, Michael P. Gillman, M. Johnston
Rok vydání:	1996
Předmět:	biology Seedling Ecology Dominance (ecology) Ecosystem diversity Dicymbe altsonii Tropical forest biology.organism_classification Tree species Ecology Evolution Behavior and Systematics
Zdroj:	Journal of Tropical Ecology. 12:599-606
ISSN:	1469-7831 0266-4674
DOI:	10.1017/s0266467400009810
Popis:	There has recently been a renewal of interest in the phenomenon of tree species dominance in tropical forests (Condit et al. 1992, Connell & Lowman 1989), following the observations of Richards more than 40 years ago that tropical tree communities often show marked patterns of species dominance (Richards 1952). Thus, whilst a large tree species pool is present in tropical forests there may be factors operating, such as the ectomycorrhizal associations suggested by Connell & Lowman (1989), which facilitate a marked dominance by one or more species, resulting in a reduction of ecological diversity. The quantification of such dominance and the investigation of the factors contributing to dominance are therefore primary goals of tropical forest ecology.
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