Plant diseases and the conservation of tropical forests

BioScience

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 98-106

  Gilbert, Gregory S ^a   Hubbell, Stephen P ^b  

^a SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0030050455     PISSN: 00063568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1312812     Document Type: Article

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