Stand characteristics and leaf litter composition of a dry forest hectare in Santa Rosa National Park, Costa Rica

Biotropica

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 384-395

  Burnham, Robyn J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Conservation; Fossil plants; Guanacaste; Leaf litter; Lianas; Paleobotany; Tropical dry forest

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000361570     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.1997.tb00034.x     Document Type: Article

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