Spatial patterns of tropical forest trees in Western Polynesia suggest recruitment limitations during secondary succession

Agriculture & Biology

• Polynesia 100%
• secondary succession 94%
• forest trees 71%
• tropical forests 69%
• species recruitment 59%
• shade 44%
• secondary forests 39%
• saplings 36%
• Tonga 25%
• vertebrates 24%
• shifting cultivation 22%
• primary forests 21%
• frugivores 21%
• forest communities 20%
• seedlings 20%
• lowland forests 20%
• biotic factors 18%
• refining 17%
• rain forests 16%
• species richness 14%
• species diversity 12%
• environmental factors 10%

Earth & Environmental Sciences

• secondary succession 90%
• tropical forest 65%
• sapling 20%
• secondary forest 19%
• seedling 16%
• vertebrate 15%
• shifting cultivation 10%
• primary forest 10%
• rain forest 9%
• biotic factor 9%
• community dynamics 9%
• abiotic factor 9%
• refining 8%
• spatial analysis 8%
• regeneration 7%
• species richness 7%
• mortality 6%
• disturbance 5%
• history 4%