Tree and liana enumeration and diversity on a one-hectare plot in Papua New Guinea

Biotropica

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 250-260

  Wright, Debra D ^a,c   Jessen, J Heinrich ^b   Burke, Peter ^c   De Sliva Garza, Hector Gomez ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b Jebsen and Jessen (SEA) Pte Ltd   (Singapore)

^c Box 1092 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Forest structure; Hectare plot; Papua New Guinea; Species diversity; Tropical rain forest; Vegetation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000674034     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.1997.tb00426.x     Document Type: Article

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