Thus, adult size is an important ecological and silivicultural
characteristic,
both in its own right and as a correlate of other traits that also influence growth and mortality.
The trees of Pasoh show substantial differentiation in stature,
though more species lie near the middle of the stature distribution than at the
extremes (Fig. 2; Thomas, 2003).
There is some evidence that shade tolerance declines, on average, with increasing adult stature (Thomas and Bazzaz, 1999; Davies et al., 1998; Poorter
et al., 2003).
However, the stature gradient seems mostly