![[ Back to EurekAlert! ]](http://www.eurekalert.org/images/back2e.gif){kind=small}
|
Contact: Thorsten Wiegand
presse@ufz.de
49-341-235-2479
Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres
Caption: Shorea trapezifolia in bloom. S. trapezifolia is one of the most dominant canopy species preferring well drained middle and lower hill -slope habitats. It is one of the annually flowering Shorea species which co-occurs with mast-flowering Shoreas. S. congestiflora, an annually flowering species is more dominant at lower altitudes than at Sinharaja - a vicariant of S. trapezifolia.
Credit: Nimal Gunatilleke
Usage Restrictions: None
Related news release: Spatial patterns in tropical forests can help to understand their high biodiversity
|