Extensive seed and pollen dispersal and assortative mating in the rain forest tree Entandrophragma cylindricum (Meliaceae) inferred from indirect and direct analyses

2017 ◽  
Vol 26 (19) ◽  
pp. 5279-5291 ◽  
Author(s):  
Franck Kameni Monthe ◽  
Olivier J. Hardy ◽  
Jean-Louis Doucet ◽  
Judy Loo ◽  
Jérôme Duminil
Keyword(s):  
Assortative Mating ◽  
Rain Forest ◽  
Pollen Dispersal ◽  
Forest Tree

Irradiance and Spectral Quality Affect Asian Tropical Rain Forest Tree Seedling Development

Ecology ◽  
1995 ◽  
Vol 77 (2) ◽  
pp. 568-580 ◽  
Author(s):  
David W. Lee ◽  
Krishnapillay Baskaran ◽  
Marzalina Mansor ◽  
Haris Mohamad ◽  
Son Kheong Yap
Keyword(s):  
Rain Forest ◽  
Tropical Rain Forest ◽  
Forest Tree ◽  
Seedling Development ◽  
Spectral Quality ◽  
Tree Seedling

Molecular Systematic Analysis Reveals Cryptic Tertiary Diversification of a Widespread Tropical Rain Forest Tree

2003 ◽  
Vol 162 (6) ◽  
pp. 691-703 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christopher W. Dick ◽  
Kobinah Abdul‐Salim ◽  
Eldredge Bermingham
Keyword(s):  
Rain Forest ◽  
Tropical Rain Forest ◽  
Forest Tree ◽  
Molecular Systematic ◽  
Systematic Analysis

Pollination of the Rain-Forest Tree Syzygium Tierneyanum (Myrtaceae) at Kuranda, Northern Queensland

1980 ◽  
Vol 28 (2) ◽  
pp. 223 ◽  
Author(s):  
SD Hopper
Keyword(s):  
Rain Forest ◽  
Foraging Behaviour ◽  
Fruit Fly ◽  
Forest Tree ◽  
The Self ◽  
Spatial Partitioning ◽  
Mass Flowering ◽  
Foraging Modes ◽  
Flowering Branch ◽  
Floral Visitors

The identity, abundance and foraging behaviour of pollinators of the self-compatible, mass-flowering Syzygium tierneyanum were investigated. Forty-five species of nectarivorous animals were recorded. Diurnal visitors included seven bird; nine butterfly. four moth (including two hawkmoth), two bee, two ant, one wasp, three blowfly, one fruit fly, two beetle and one weevil species. while nocturnal visitors included one bat and 12 moth (including three hawkmoth) species. Floral dimensions were such that only the vertebrate and larger insect species regularly contacted anthers and stigmas while foraging. Of these groups the feral honey bee (Apis mellifera) was the most common flowet visitor. Honeyeaters and hawkmoths appeared to be the most important native pollinators; they were abundant in the study area and visited numerous flowers (50-250) in quick succession (1-3 s per flower) on each foraging bout. The only major differences in foraging times observed in the pollinator array were between diurnal, diurnal and crepuscular, and nocturnal floral visitors. Spatial partitioning of the nectar resource was limited to one instance of territoriality involving a Macleay's honeyeater (Meliphaga rnacleayana) on a densely flowering branch prior to peak blooming time, occasional aggressive chases by honeyeaters, and a division of foraging modes into rapid, erratic flights of 0.5– 4 m between flowers (hawkmoths) as against nearest-flower movements (all other groups). This lack of major spatial partitioning may have been due to the mass flowering of S. tierneyanum and the resultant superabundance of nectar. The vast majority (c. 99.95%) of interflower movements observed in foraging bouts of birds (and of hawkmoths) were within the same plant. This suggests that most seeds of S. tierneyanum may be derived from self-pollination.

scholarly journals From Songlines to genomes: Prehistoric assisted migration of a rain forest tree by Australian Aboriginal people

PLoS ONE ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 12 (11) ◽  
pp. e0186663 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maurizio Rossetto ◽  
Emilie J. Ens ◽  
Thijs Honings ◽  
Peter D. Wilson ◽  
Jia-Yee S. Yap ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Rain Forest ◽  
Aboriginal People ◽  
Forest Tree ◽  
Assisted Migration ◽  
Australian Aboriginal

scholarly journals Soil-related habitat specialization in dipterocarp rain forest tree species in Borneo

2004 ◽  
Vol 92 (4) ◽  
pp. 609-623 ◽  
Author(s):  
PETER A. PALMIOTTO ◽  
STUART J. DAVIES ◽  
KRISTIINA A. VOGT ◽  
MARK S. ASHTON ◽  
DANIEL J. VOGT ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Tree Species ◽  
Rain Forest ◽  
Forest Tree ◽  
Habitat Specialization ◽  
Forest Tree Species
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