Spatial heterogeneity and woody species distribution in a Schinopsis balansae (Anacardiaceae) forest of the Southern Chaco, Argentina

Revista de Biologia Tropical

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 515-524

  Barberis, I M ^b   Pire, E F ^b   Lewis, J P ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE ROSARIO   (Argentina)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Anacardiaceae; Argentina; Chaco; Environmental heterogeneity; Forests; Microrelief; Microsites; Schinopsis balansae

Indexed keywords

EID: 0012239943     PISSN: 00347744     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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