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

Ocotea whitei

Lauraceae

Yes (Gilbertet al

. 1994),
no (Gilbertet al
. 2001)

Yes (bothstudies)

Canopy tree

Gilbert

et al

.

(1994), (2001)

Lowland

terra

firme

BCI

Ouratea lucens

Ochnaceae

Yes

N/A

Shrub

Condit

et al

.

(1992)

Lowland

terra

firme

BCI

Palicoureaguianensis

Rubiaceae

No

N/A

Shrub

Condit

et al

.

(1992)

Lowland

terra

firme

Dipterocarpforests,Indonesia

Parashoreamalaanonan

Dipterocarpaceae N/A

No

Canopy trees

Stoll andNewberry(2005)

0.444

18.6

Lowland

terra

firme

BCI

Pentagoniamacrophylla

Rubiaceae

N/A

No

Understory tree

Uriarte

et al

.

(2004)

Lowland

terra

firme

BCI

Picramnialatifolia

Picramniaceae

No (Conditet al

. 1992)

No (Uriarteet al

. 2004)

Understory tree

Condit

et al

.

(1992), Uriarteet al

. (2004)

Lowland

terra

firme

BCI

Pipercordulatum

Piperaceae

No

N/A

Shrub

Condit

et al

.

(1992)

Lowland

terra

firme

BCI

Platypodiumelegans

Fabaceae

Yes (allstudies)

Ye s(Augspurgerand Kelly1984)

Canopy tree

Augspurger(1983), (1984),Augspurger andKelly (1984)

Lowland

terra

firme

BCI

Poulseniaarmata

Moraceae

Yes

N/A

Canopy tree

Condit

et al

.

(1992)

Lowland

terra

firme

BCI

Pouteriareticulata

Sapotaceae

N/A

No

Canopy tree

Uriarte

et al

.

(2004)

Lowland

terra

firme

JenaroHerrera, Peru

Pouteria

sp.

Sapotaceae

No

No

Canopy tree

Notman

et al

.

(1996)

0.057

1.5

Lowland

terra

firme

BCI

Pouteriaunilocularis

Sapotaceae

No

N/A

Canopy tree

Condit

et al

.

(1992)

Lowland

terra

firme

BCI

Prioriacopaifera

Fabaceae

No (Conditet al

. 1992)

No (Uriarteet al

. 2004)

Canopy tree

Condit

et al

.

(1992), Uriarteet al

. (2004)