Performance Trade-offs Driven by Morphological Plasticity Contribute to Habitat Specialization of Bornean Tree Species

• Published in: Biotropica Vol. 41; no. 4; pp. 424 - 434
• Main Authors: Dent, Daisy H., Burslem, David F. R. P.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Malden, USA Malden, USA : Blackwell Publishing Inc 01.07.2009; Blackwell Publishing Inc; Wiley Subscription Services; Wiley
• Subjects: Alluvial soils; Animal, plant and microbial ecology; Applied ecology; Biological and medical sciences; Biomass allocation; Borneo; Conservation, protection and management of environment and wildlife; correlation; Dipterocarpaceae; edaphic variation; Forest soils; Forest trees; forests; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; General aspects; habitats; leaf area; niche partitioning; nutrient availability; Sandstone soils; Sandstones; Seedlings; Soil nutrients; Soil resources; soil types; solar radiation; Southeast Asia; Trees; Tropical Biology; Tropical rain forests; South East Asia; Asia; South east Asia; Borneo; Borneo; Tropical zone; Biomass; Dipterocarpaceae; Specialization; Southeast Asia; Dicotyledones; Morphology; Angiospermae; Ecological niche; Plasticity; Ecological segregation; edaphic variation; Tree; niche partitioning; Spermatophyta; Habitat; Biomass allocation; Performance

Growth-survival trade-offs play an important role in niche differentiation of tropical tree species in relation to light-gradient partitioning. However, the mechanisms that determine differential species performance in response to light and soil resource availability are poorly understood. To examin...