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)

Temperatedeciduous

Ogawa, Japan

Carpinuslaxiflora

Betulaceae

No

No

Tree

Shibata andNakashizuka(1995)

5–8 cm long

88.67

Temperatedeciduous

Ogawa, Japan

Carpinustschonoskii

Betulaceae

No

Yes

Tree

Shibata andNakashizuka(1995)

0.4

15.3

Lowland

terra

firme

BCI

Caseariaaculeata

Flacourtiaceae

No (Conditet al

. 1992)

No (Uriarteet al

. 2004)

Understory tree

Condit

et al

.

(1992)

Tropical drydeciduous

Mudumalai,India

Cassia fistula

Fabaceae

N/A

Yes

Woody plants>

1cmdbh

John

et al

. (2002) 10

37.7

Lowland

terra

firme

BCI

Cassipoureaelliptica

Rhizophoraceae

No (Conditet al

. 1992)

No (Uriarteet al

. 2004)

Midstory tree

Condit

et al

.

(1992)

Lowland

terra

firme

BCI

Cavanillesiaplatanifolia

Bombacaceae

Yes

N/A

Canopy tree

Augspurger(1984)

Lowland

terra

firme

BCI

Cecropiainsignis

Cecropiaceae

No

N/A

Canopy tree

Condit

et al

.

(1992)

Lowlandseasonal

Los Tuxtlas,Mexico

Cecropiaobtusifolia

Cecropiaceae

N/A

Yes

Pioneer tree

Alvarez-Bullya(1994)

Lowland

terra

firme

BCI

Ceibapentandra

Bombacaceae

No(Augspurger1984)

No(Augspurgerand Kelly1984)

Canopy tree

Augspurger(1984),Augspurger andKelly (1984)

Lowland

terra

firme

Mabura Hill,Guyana

Chlorocardiumrodiei

Lauraceae

Yes

N/A

Canopy tree

Hammond

et al

.

(1999)

0.0795

12.2

Lowland

terra

firme

BCI

Chrysophyllumargenteum

Sapotaceae

N/A

No

Canopy tree

Uriarte

et al

.

(2004)

Small

Lowland

terra

firme

BCI

Chrysophyllumpanamense

Sapotaceae

No

N/A

Canopy tree

Condit

et al

.

(1992)

Lowland

terra

firme

BCI

Cochlospermumvitifolium

Cochlospermaceae N/A

No

Understory tocanopy tree

Augspurger andKelly (1984)

Lowland

terra

firme

BCI

Cordiaalliodora

Boraginaceae

Yes(Augspurger1984)

No(Augspurgerand Kelly1984)

Understory tocanopy tree

Augspurger(1984),Augspurger andKelly (1984)