Tropical Forest Community Ecology

Table 13.2

Continued

Habitat

Location

Speciesname

Family

Distance-dependency?

Density-dependency?

Life form

Citation

Seedsize (g)

Abundanceof focalspecies(adults/ha)

Lowland

terra

firme

BCI (De Stevenand Putz1984),La Selva,Costa Rica(Clark andClark 1984)

Dipteryxpanamensis

Fabaceae

Yes (bothstudies)

Yes (Clark andClark 1984)

Canopy tree

De Steven andPutz (1984),Clark and Clark(1984)

8–10 mm indiameter,fresh mass

=

0.29

±

0.07

g

(mean

±

SD)

2

Lowland

terra

firme

BCI

Drypetesstandleyi

Euphorbiaceae No (Condit

et al

. 1992)

No (Uriarteet al

. 2004)

Canopy tree

Condit

et al

.

(1992), Uriarteet al

. (2004)

Tropical drydeciduous

Mudumalai,India

Emblicaofficinalis

Euphorbiaceae N/A

Yes

Woody plants>

1cmdbh

John

et al

. (2002) 0.051

11.5

Tropical drydeciduous

Mudumalai,India

Eriolaena quin-quelocularis

Sterculiaceae

N/A

No

Woody plants>

1cmdbh

John

et al

. (2002)

Lowland

terra

firme

BCI

Eugeniacoloradensis

Myrtaceae

Yes (Conditet al

. 1992)

No (Uriarteet al

. 2004)

Canopy tree

Condit

et al

.

(1992), Uriarteet al

. (2004)

Lowland

terra

firme

BCI

Eugeniagalalonensis

Myrtaceae

Yes (Conditet al

. 1992)

No (Uriarteet al

. 2004)

Understory tree

Condit

et al

.

(1992), Uriarteet al

. (2004)

Lowland

terra

firme

BCI

Eugenianesiotica

Myrtaceae

No (Conditet al

. 1992)

No (Uriarteet al

. 2004)

Midstory tree

Condit

et al

.

(1992), Uriarteet al

. (2004)

Lowland

terra

firme

BCI

Eugeniaoerstedeanna

Myrtaceae

Yes (Conditet al

. 1992)

No (Uriarteet al

. 2004)

Midstory tree

Condit

et al

.

(1992), Uriarteet al

. (2004)

Subtropicalmoist forest

SantaGenebra,Brazil (seeTable 13.1)

Euterpe edulis

Arecaceae

Yes

Yes

Subcanopy palm

Silva Matos

et al

.

(1999)

2

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