Species richness, tropical forest dynamics, and sampling: Response to Sheil

Oikos

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 183-187

  Phillips, Oliver ^a,d   Hall, Pamela ^b   Sawyer, Stanley ^c   Vasquez, Rodolfo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN   (United States)

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EID: 0001356702     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3546105     Document Type: Article

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