`  == Knowledge of Dipterocarpaceae  ==    Wow, I'm not even sure how to say that word. Have we recently crossed paths editing somewhere?       :To be quite honest, I don't really know a lot about trees. I am however searching for a good central tree-related talk-page for you... somewhere where you might have a better chance of attracting other users with the knowledge you seek. If I can find a good link, I will most certainly post it here to your talk page. )       ::You're most certainly welcome! I'm guessing that the talk-page at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Forestry might be a really good place to find other users who can be of most help to you. I wish you the very best of luck with your updates. Have yourself a great day Curritocurrito, and happy editing! )        Hi Curritocurrito, thanks for your post at WikiProject Forestry. If you could elaborate a little more either there or at Talk:Dipterocarpaceae about what specific additions you might suggest for that article, that would be helpful. Thanks,    :Thanks for your reply. I suggest that you add your questions  ``why are they important? what habitat are they living? what animals eat their seeds? are they important economically? what minerals or grounds they need?``  to the Talk:Dipterocarpaceae page. That will help others think about how they might contribute to that article.    I don't get much time to edit Wikipedia pages, but am slowly trying to creat stubs for all the Dipterocarps and correct errors in existing stubs/article. If anyone is interested in editing these pages and needs access to primary sources - I have a reasonable collection of papers (mainly for SE Asia) and can send pdfs. RE: the questions raised above are they important economically? - they use to be the main timber export from SE Asia. I don't have figures for what % of the timber trade they account for now what minerals or grounds they need?- variable - there is a high degree of habitat speacilsation. Some species only occur in Peatswamps, other in poor sand soils i.e. heath forests, others on rich clay soils. what animals eat their seeds? - when they fruit, which varies from yearly in some of the Sri Lankan species to onces every x (2-16) years in some of the Borneo species - they are an important food source.    `