Species richness and density of ground herbs within a plot of lowland rainforest in north-west Borneo

Journal of Tropical Ecology

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 177-190

  Poulsen, Axel Dalberg ^a,b  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Borneo; Dipterocarp forest; Ground herbs; Leaf litter; Soil; Species richness; Topographic gradient

Indexed keywords

GROUND HERB; POPULATION DENSITY; RAINFOREST; SPECIES RICHNESS;

BORNEO;

EID: 0029661465     PISSN: 02664674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0266467400009408     Document Type: Article

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