Diversity, size composition and spatial aggregation among trees on a 1- ha rain forest plot at La Reunion

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 5, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 825-840

  Strasberg, Dominique ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LA RÉUNION   (France)

Author keywords

forest structure; hurricane effects; La Reunion; lowland tropical rain forest; Mascarene Islands; tree diversity

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; RAINFOREST; SIZE COMPOSITION; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

REUNION;

EID: 0029660159     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00054737     Document Type: Article

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