Tropical Forest Community Ecology

Terra firmeforest

Panama

BCI

Both

1

100%

0%

Experimental

Seeds andseedlings

Schupp (1992)

Temperatedeciduousforest

Central Japan

Ogawa ForestReserve

Both

4

50%

50%

Observational

Seeds andseedlings

Shibata andNakashizuka(1995)

Subtropicalmoist forest(

5 )

São Paulo,Brazil

MunicipalReserve ofSantaGenebra

Both

1

100% (21)

100% –smallestsize/age classonly

Observational

Seedling toadult (7 sizecategories)

Silva Matoset al

. (1999)

Terra firmeforest

Indonesia

Dipterocarpforest

Density

10

N/A

50%

Observational

Trees10–100 cmdbh

Stoll andNewberry(2005)

Tropical dryforest

Costa Rica

Santa Rosa

Both

1

0%

100%

Observational

Saplings0.5–10 m tall

Sullivan (2003)

Terra firmeforest

Peru

Manu

Distance

5

20%

N/A

Experimental

Seeds

Terborgh

et al

.

(1993)

Temperatedeciduousforest

NorthernJapan

Mt. Kurikoma

Both

1

100%

100%

Observational

Seeds

Tomita

et al

.

(2002)

Terra firmeforest

Panama

BCI

Density

60

N/A

∼

9%

Observational

Saplings>

1 cm dbh, but<4cmdbh

Uriarte

et al

.

(2004)

Terra firmeforest

Indonesia

GunungPalung

Density

149–181 (11) N/A

27% (25)

Experimentalandobservational

Seedlings

Webb andPeart (1999)

Montane forest(

3 )

Costa Rica

Monteverde

Distance

1

0% seedsconsumed: 100%;seedlingsurvivorship

N/A

Experimentalandobservational

Seeds andseedlings

Wenny (2000)

Terra firmeforest

Eastern USA

Pasoh and BCI Density

200 (13)

N/A

(27)

Observational

Woody plants>

1cmdbh

Wills andCondit (1999)

Terra firmeforest

Panama

BCI

Density

84

N/A

80%recruitment,64% intrinsicgrowth rate

Observational

Woody plants>

1cmdbh

Wills

et al

.

(1997)

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