Pattern and process in neotropical secondary rain forests: The first 100 years of succession

Trends in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 119-124

  Finegan, Bryan ^a  

^a CATIE   (Costa Rica)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION; RAINFOREST; SECONDARY FOREST; SECONDARY SUCCESSION; SUCCESSION;

LATIN AMERICA;

EID: 0029669097     PISSN: 01695347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0169-5347(96)81090-1     Document Type: Review

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