Mount Bloomfield, Palawan, Philippines: Forests on greywacke and serpentinized peridotite

Edinburgh Journal of Botany

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 121-139

  Proctor, J ^a   Baker, A J M ^b   Van Balgooy, M M J ^c   Bruijnzeel, L A ^d   Jones, S H ^a   Madulid, D A ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^e National Museum of the Philippines   (Philippines)

Author keywords

Rain forests; Serpentines; Species diversity; Ultrabasic; Ultramafic

Indexed keywords

EID: 0012777947     PISSN: 09604286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0960428600000081     Document Type: Article

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