Tropical Forest Community Ecology

Table 13.1

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Habitat

Country

Field site

Tested fordensity-,distance-dependencyor both

# speciesstudied

% of speciesthat showeddistance-dependencyconsistentwith theJ–C hypothesis

% of speciesthat showeddensity-dependencyconsistentwith theJ–C hypothesis

Type ofevidence

Developmentalstage

Citation

Montane forest(

8 )

Spain

Anadusianhighlands

Density

3

N/A

0%

Experimental

Seeds

Hulme (1997)

Tropical dryforest

India

Mudumalai

Density

16 (14)

N/A

Mortality: 25%;recruitment:100%

Observational

Saplings>

1cmdbh

John

et al

.

(2002)

Terra firmeforest

Malaysia

Danum Valley

Density

1

N/A

100%

Experimental

Seedlings

Massey

et al

.

(2006)

Temperate aridforests /shrublands

Spain

Both

1

0% (22)

100%, seedand seedlinglevels

Experimentalandobservational

Seeds andseedlings

Montesinoset al

. (2006)

Terra firmeforest

Para, Brazil

Kayapo Centrefor EcologicalStudies

Both

1

Seed predation:0% ;seedlingrecruitment:100%

100% (26)

Experimental

Seeds andseedlings

Norghaueret al

. (2006)

Terra firmeforest

NortheasternPeru

Jenaro Herrera Both

1

0%

0%

Experimental

Seeds

Notman

et al

.

(1996)

Temperatedeciduousforest

BloomingtonIndiana, USA

Griffy LakeNaturePreserve

Both

1

100%

100%

Experimentalandobservational

Seeds andseedlings

Packer andClay (2000)

Terra firmeforest

Para, Brazil

Distance

1

100%

N/A

Experimental

Seeds

Peres

et al

.

(1997)

Terra firmeforest

Malaysia andPanama

Pasoh and BCI Density

732 (12)

N/A

80% at bothsites

Observational

Saplings,treelets, andtrees

Peters (2003)

Temperatedeciduousforest

Eastern USA

Distance

1

100%

N/A

Experimental

Seedlings

Reinhart

et al

.

(2005)

Terra firmeforest

Peru

Cocha Cashu

Density

1

N/A

0%

Observational

Seeds

Romo

et al

.

(2004)

Floodplainforest (4)

Peru

Cocha Cashu

Both

1

100%

100%

Experimentalandobservational

Seeds

Russo andAugspurger(2004)

Terra firmeforest

Panama

BCI

Density

1

Seeds: 100%;seedlings: 0%

N/A

Experimental

Seeds andseedlings

Schupp (1988)