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

Hybanthusprunifolius

Violaceae

No

N/A

Shrub

Condit

et al

.

(1992)

Lowland

terra

firme

Manu, Peru

Hymenaeacourbaril

Fabaceae

No

N/A

Canopy tree

Terborgh

et al

.

(1993)

0.003

1

Lowland

terra

firme

BCI

Inga marginata

Fabaceae

Yes (Conditet al

. 1992)

No (Uriarteet al

. 2004)

Canopy tree

Condit

et al

.

(1992), Uriarteet al

. (2004)

Lowland

terra

firme

BCI

Inga nobilis

Fabaceae

N/A

No

Midstory tree

Uriarte

et al

.

(2004)

Lowland

terra

firme

BCI

Ingaquaternata

Fabaceae

No

N/A

Subcanopy tree

Condit

et al

.

(1992)

Lowland

terra

firme

BCI

Inga

sp. nov.

Fabaceae

No

N/A

Understory tree

Condit

et al

.

(1992)

Lowland

terra

firme

BCI

Ingaumbellifera

Fabaceae

N/A

No

Midstory tree

Uriarte

et al

.

(2004)

Floodplainforest

Manu, Peru

Iriarteadeltoidea

Arecaceae

Yes

N/A

Canopy tree

Wyatt andSilman (2004)

0.0024

45

Tropical drydeciduous

Mudumalai,India

Kydia calycina

Malvaceae

N/A

Yes

Woody plants>

1cmdbh

John

et al

. (2002) 0.044

103.5

Lowland

terra

firme

BCI

Lacistemaaggregatum

Lacistemaceae No (Condit

et al

. 1992)

No (Uriarteet al

. 2004)

Understory tree

Condit

et al

.

(1992), Uriarteet al

. (2004)

Lowland

terra

firme

BCI

Laetia thamnia

Flacourtiaceae No (Condit

et al

. 1992)

Yes (Uriarteet al

. 2004)

Understory tree

Condit

et al

.

(1992), Uriarteet al

. (2004)

Lowland

terra

firme

BCI

Lafoensiapunicifolia

Lythraceae

N/A

Yes

Understory tocanopy trees

Augspurger andKelly (1984)

Tropical drydeciduous

Mudumalai,India

Lagerstroemiamicrocarpa

Lythraceae

N/A

Yes

Woody plants>

1cmdbh

John

et al

. (2002) 10–14 mm in

diameter

79.6

Temperatedeciduous

Coweeta

Liriodendrontuliperfera

Magnoliaceae

Yes

Yes

Canopy tree

HilleRisLamberset al

. (2002)