Tropical Forest Community Ecology

Lowland

terra

firme

BCI

Protiumcostaricense

Burseraceae

No (Conditet al

. 1992)

Ye s i nconfamilialanalysis(Uriarte

et al

.

2004)

Subcanopytree

Condit

et al

.

(1992), Uriarteet al

. (2004)

Lowland

terra

firme

BCI

Protiumpanamense

Burseraceae

No (Conditet al

. 1992)

Ye s i nconfamilialanalysis(Uriarte

et al

.

2004)

Subcanopytree

Condit

et al

.

(1992), Uriarteet al

. (2004)

Lowland

terra

firme

BCI

Protiumtenuifolium

Burseraceae

No (Conditet al

. 1992)

Ye s i nconfamilialanalysis(Uriarte

et al

.

2004)

Subcanopytree

Condit

et al

.

(1992), Uriarteet al

. (2004)

Montane forest

Anadusianhighlands,Spain

Prunusmahaleb

Rosaceae

N/A

No

Unreported,but probablycanopy tree

Hulme (1997)

Temperatedeciduous

Griffy Lake,Indiana, USA(Packer andClay 2000),Eastern USA(Reinhartet al

. 2005)

Prunusserotina

Rosaceae

Yes (bothstudies)

Yes (Packerand Clay2000)

Canopy tree

Packer and Clay(2000),Reinhart

et al

.

(2005)

Lowland

terra

firme

BCI

Pseudobombaxseptenatum

Bombacaceae N/A

Yes

Understory tocanopy trees

Augspurger andKelly (1984)

Lowland

terra

firme

BCI

Psidium anglo-hondurese

Myrtaceae

No

N/A

Understorytree

Condit

et al

.

(1992)

Lowland

terra

firme

BCI

Psychotriahorizontalis

Rubiaceae

No

N/A

Shrub

Condit

et al

.

(1992)

Lowland

terra

firme

BCI

Psychotriamarginata

Rubiaceae

No

N/A

Shrub

Condit

et al

.

(1992)

Lowland

terra

firme

BCI

Pterocarpusrohrii

Fabaceae

No (Conditet al

. 1992)

No (Uriarteet al

. 2004)

Canopy tree

Condit

et al

.

(1992), Uriarteet al

. (2004)

Lowland

terra

firme

BCI

Quararibeaasterolepis

Bombacaceae No (Hubbell

et al

. 1990,
Condit

et al

.

1992)

No (Hubbellet al

. 1990,
De Stevenand Wright2002, Uriarteet al
. 2004)

Canopy tree

Hubbell

et al

.

(1990), Conditet al

. (1992), De
Steven andWright (2002),Uriarte

et al

.

(2004)

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