Search Results - "Noor, Supardi"

The variation of tree beta diversity across a global network of forest plots by De Cáceres, Miquel, Legendre, Pierre, Valencia, Renato, Cao, Min, Chang, Li-Wan, Chuyong, George, Condit, Richard, Hao, Zhanqing, Hsieh, Chang-Fu, Hubbell, Stephen, Kenfack, David, Ma, Keping, Mi, Xiangcheng, Supardi Noor, Md. Nur, Kassim, Abdul Rahman, Ren, Haibao, Su, Sheng-Hsin, Sun, I-Fang, Thomas, Duncan, Ye, Wanhui, He, Fangliang

“…Aims: With the aim of understanding why some of the world's forests exhibit higher tree beta diversity values than others, we asked: (1) what is the…”
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Species-specific flowering cues among general flowering Shorea species at the Pasoh Research Forest, Malaysia by Chen, Yu-Yun, Satake, Akiko, Sun, I-Fang, Kosugi, Yoshiko, Tani, Makoto, Numata, Shinya, Hubbell, Stephen P., Fletcher, Christine, Supardi, Md. Noor Nur, Wright, S. Joseph

“…1. In a unique phenomenon restricted to the ever wet forests of Southeast Asia, hundreds of species from dozens of plant families reproduce synchronously at…”
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role of wood density and stem support costs in the growth and mortality of tropical trees by King, David A, Davies, Stuart J, Tan, Sylvester, Noor, Nur Supardi Md

“…1 The rapid growth rates of light-demanding tree species have been attributed in part to their low-density, low-cost stems. We evaluated the influence of light…”
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Spatial patterns reveal negative density dependence and habitat associations in tropical trees by Bagchi, Robert, Henrys, Peter A, Brown, Patrick E, Burslem, David F. R. P, Diggle, Peter J, Gunatilleke, C. V. Savitri, Gunatilleke, I. A. U. Nimal, Kassim, Abdul Rahman, Law, Richard, Noor, Supardi, Valencia, Renato L

“…Understanding how plant species coexist in tropical rainforests is one of the biggest challenges in community ecology. One prominent hypothesis suggests that…”
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Geographical pattern and environmental correlates of regional-scale general flowering in Peninsular Malaysia by Numata, Shinya, Yasuda, Masatoshi, Suzuki, Ryo O, Hosaka, Tetsuro, Noor, Nur Supardi Md, Fletcher, Christine D, Hashim, Mazlan

“…In South-East Asian dipterocarp forests, many trees synchronize their reproduction at the community level, but irregularly, in a phenomenon known as general…”
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Trees Approach Gravitational Limits to Height in Tall Lowland Forests of Malaysia by King, David A., Davies, Stuart J., Tan, Sylvester, Md. Noor, Nur Supardi

“…1. In the absence of wind, tree height is limited by elastic instability, which occurs when a tree becomes too spindly to erect itself when bent from the…”
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Responses of pre-dispersal seed predators to sequential flowering of Dipterocarps in Malaysia by Hosaka, Tetsuro, Yumoto, Takakazu, Chen, Yu-Yun, Sun, I-Fang, Wright, S. Joseph, Numata, Shinya, Supardi, Noor Md Nur

“…Many species of Dipterocarpaceae and other plant families reproduce synchronously at irregular, multi-year intervals in Southeast Asian forests. These…”
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Importance of Demographic Niches to Tree Diversity by Condit, Richard, Ashton, Peter, Bunyavejchewin, Sarayudh, Dattaraja, H.S, Davies, Stuart, Esufali, Shameema, Ewango, Corneille, Foster, Robin, Gunatilleke, I.A.U.N, Gunatilleke, C.V.S, Hall, Pamela, Harms, Kyle E, Hart, Terese, Hernandez, Consuelo, Hubbell, Stephen, Itoh, Akira, Kiratiprayoon, Somboon, LaFrankie, James, de Lao, Suzanne Loo, Makana, Jean-Remy, Noor, Md. Nur Supardi, Kassim, Abdul Rahman, Russo, Sabrina, Sukumar, Raman, Samper, Cristián, Suresh, Hebbalalu S, Tan, Sylvester, Thomas, Sean, Valencia, Renato, Vallejo, Martha, Villa, Gorky, Zillio, Tommaso

“…Most ecological hypotheses about species coexistence hinge on species differences, but quantifying trait differences across species in diverse communities is…”
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Seed size and the evolution of leaf defences by Kraft, Thomas S., Wright, S. Joseph, Turner, lan, Lucas, Peter W., Oufiero, Christopher E., Noor, Md. Nur Supardi, Sun, I-Fang, Dominy, Nathaniel J.

“…1. Leaf defences vary widely among tree species, affecting rates of herbivory, survival and reproduction. 2. Two contrasting hypotheses account for variation…”
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Seed predation during general flowering events of varying magnitude in a Malaysian rain forest by SUN, I-FANG, CHEN, YU-YUN, HUBBELL, STEPHEN P, WRIGHT, S. JOSEPH, NOOR, NUR SUPARDI MD

“…1 The lowland dipterocarp forests of Southeast Asia exhibit interspecifically synchronized general flowering (GF) and mast fruiting at irregular multi-year…”
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Do current stem size distributions predict future population changes? An empirical test of intraspecific patterns in tropical trees at two spatial scales by Feeley, Kenneth J., Davies, Stuart J., Noor, Md. Nur Supardi, Kassim, Abdul Rahman, Tan, Sylvester

“…It is critical to understand the responses of tropical tree species to ongoing anthropogenic disturbances. Given the longevity of large trees and the scarcity…”
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Estimation of root biomass based on excavation of individual root systems in a primary dipterocarp forest in Pasoh Forest Reserve, Peninsular Malaysia by Niiyama, Kaoru, Kajimoto, Takuya, Matsuura, Yojiro, Yamashita, Tamon, Matsuo, Naoko, Yashiro, Yuichiro, Ripin, Azizi, Kassim, Abd. Rahman, Noor, Nur Supardi

“…Precise estimation of root biomass is important for understanding carbon stocks and dynamics in tropical rain forests. However, limited information is…”
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Contrasting Structure and Composition of the Understory in Species-Rich Tropical Rain Forests by LaFrankie, James V., Ashton, Peter S., Chuyong, George B., Co, Leonardo, Condit, Richard, Davies, Stuart J., Foster, Robin, Hubbell, Stephen P., Kenfack, David, Lagunzad, Daniel, Losos, Elizabeth C., Md. Nor, Noor Supardi, Tan, Sylvester, Thomas, Duncan W., Valencia, Renato, Villa, Gorky

“…In large samples of trees ≥1 cm dbh (more than 1 million trees and 3000 species), in six lowland tropical forests on three continents, we assigned species with…”
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Coordination of foliar and wood anatomical traits contributes to tropical tree distributions and productivity along the Malay-Thai Peninsula by Baltzer, Jennifer L, Grégoire, Dorthea M, Bunyavejchewin, Sarayudh, Noor, N. Supardi M, Davies, Stuart J

“…Drought is a critical factor in plant species distributions. Much research points to its relevance even in moist tropical regions. Recent studies have begun to…”
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Species associations among dipterocarp species co-occurring in a Malaysian tropical rain forest by Suzuki, Ryo. O., Numata, Shinya, Okuda, Toshinori, MD. Noor, Nur Supardi, Kassim, Abdul Rahman, Kachi, Naoki

“…Spatial association patterns reflect underlying mechanisms of coexistence, community structure of plant species in tropical forests. We hypothesized that if…”
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Abundance of insect seed predators and intensity of seed predation on Shorea (Dipterocarpaceae) in two consecutive masting events in Peninsular Malaysia by Hosaka, Tetsuro, Yumoto, Takakazu, Chen, Yu-Yun, Sun, I-Fang, Wright, S. Joseph, Md. Noor, Nur Supardi

“…The family Dipterocarpaceae includes 470 tree species from 13 genera in South and South-East Asian tropical forests (Ashton 1982). Many dipterocarp species in…”
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Geographical distributions in tropical trees: can geographical range predict performance and habitat association in co-occurring tree species by Baltzer, Jennifer L, Davies, Stuart J, Noor, Nur Supardi Md, Kassim, Abdul Rahman, LaFrankie, James V

“…A major floristic and climatic transition from aseasonal to seasonal evergreen tropical forest (the Kangar-Pattani Line; KPL) exists in the Indo-Sundaic region…”
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Fruiting behavior of dipterocarps in two consecutive episodes of general flowering in a Malaysian lowland rain forest by Numata, Shinya, Suzuki, Ryo O, Nishimura, Sen, Naito, Yoko, Konuma, Akihiro, Tsumura, Yoshihiko, Tani, Naoki, Okuda, Toshinori, Nur Supardi, Md Noor

“…We examined fruiting behaviors of 24 dipterocarp species in a lowland rain forest of Peninsular Malaysia during two consecutive episodes of general flowering…”
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Assessing evidence for a pervasive alteration in tropical tree communities by Chave, Jérôme, Condit, Richard, Muller-Landau, Helene C, Thomas, Sean C, Ashton, Peter S, Bunyavejchewin, Sarayudh, Co, Leonardo L, Dattaraja, Handanakere S, Davies, Stuart J, Esufali, Shameema, Ewango, Corneille E N, Feeley, Kenneth J, Foster, Robin B, Gunatilleke, Nimal, Gunatilleke, Savitri, Hall, Pamela, Hart, Terese B, Hernández, Consuelo, Hubbell, Stephen P, Itoh, Akira, Kiratiprayoon, Somboon, Lafrankie, James V, Loo de Lao, Suzanne, Makana, Jean-Rémy, Noor, Md Nur Supardi, Kassim, Abdul Rahman, Samper, Cristián, Sukumar, Raman, Suresh, Hebbalalu S, Tan, Sylvester, Thompson, Jill, Tongco, Ma Dolores C, Valencia, Renato, Vallejo, Martha, Villa, Gorky, Yamakura, Takuo, Zimmerman, Jess K, Losos, Elizabeth C

“…In Amazonian tropical forests, recent studies have reported increases in aboveground biomass and in primary productivity, as well as shifts in plant species…”
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Growth strategies differentiate the spatial patterns of 11 dipterocarp species coexisting in a Malaysian tropical rain forest by Suzuki, R.O.(Nara Women's Univ. (Japan)), Numata, S, Okuda, T, Supardi, Md.N.N, Kachi, N

“…We examined relationships between mortality rate, relative growth rate (RGR), and spatial patterns of three growth stages (small, medium, and large trees) for…”
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