Defining and mapping vegetation types in mega-diverse tropical forests

Trends in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 4-5

  Condit, R ^a  

^a SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

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EID: 0030040844     PISSN: 01695347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0169-5347(96)81054-8     Document Type: Note

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