Abstract:To clarify regenerative traits and explore effects of canopy cover, density, distance, dispersers, or predators on fates of seeds or seedlings of Phoebe bournei , fruit fall, seed bank, seed dispersal, fruit/seed predation, seed germination and seedling survival were examined in a mid\|subtropical evergreen broadleaf forest in Luoboyan Nature Reserve, southeastern China. Fruit production averaged 116 fruits/m 2 between 1995 and 1996, and 103 fruits/m 2 between 1997 and 1998. The peak of fruit ripening ...