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

Tachigaliaversicolor

Fabaceae

Yes(Augspurgerand Kitajima1992), no(Condit

et al

.

1992)

Ye s(Augspurgerand Kitajima1992), no(Uriarte

et al

.

2004)

Canopy tree

Augspurger andKitajima (1992),Condit

et al

.

(1992), Uriarteet al

. (2004)

Large

Lowland

terra

firme

BCI

Talisia nervosa

Sapindaceae

N/A

No

Understory tree

Uriarte

et al

.

(2004)

Lowland

terra

firme

BCI

Talisia princeps

Sapindaceae

N/A

No

Midstory tree

Uriarte

et al

.

(2004)

Montane forest Anadusian

highlands,Spain

Taxus baccata

Taxaceae

N/A

No

Unreported, butprobably canopytree

Hulme (1997)

Tropical drydeciduous

Mudumalai,India

Tectonagrandis

Verbenaceae

N/A

Yes

Woody plants>

1cmdbh

John

et al

. (2002) 12.1

42.8

Lowland

terra

firme

BCI

Terminaliaamazonica

Combretaceae N/A

No

Understory tocanopy trees

Augspurger andKelly (1984)

Tropical drydeciduous

Mudumalai,India

Terminaliacrenulata

Combretaceae N/A

No

Woody plants>

1cmdbh

John

et al

. (2002) 1.3–2.6 cm

long,0.8–1.3 cmwide

55.4

Lowland

terra

firme

BCI

Terminaliaoblonga

Combretaceae Yes

Augspurger(1984)

No(Augspurgerand Kelly1984)

Canopy tree

Augspurger(1984),Augspurger andKelly (1984)

Lowland

terra

firme

BCI

Tetragastrispanamensis

Burseraceae

Yes Conditet al

. (1992)

Yes (Uriarteet al

. 2004),
no (De Stevenand Wright2002)

Canopy tree

Condit

et al

.

(1992), DeSteven andWright (2002),Uriarte

et al

.

(2004)

Large