Further notes on species richness, tropical forest dynamics and sampling - A reply to Phillips et al

Oikos

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 188-190

  Shell, Douglas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

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DOI: 10.2307/3546106     Document Type: Article

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