Rapid assessment of tropical rain forest successional status using aerial photographs

Biological Conservation

Volumn 77, Issue 2-3, 1996, Pages 177-183

  Turner, I M ^a   Wong, Y K ^b   Chew, P T ^c   Bin Ibrahim, Ali ^c  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b Singapore Botanic Gardens ^*  (Singapore)

^c SINGAPORE BOTANIC GARDENS   (Singapore)

Author keywords

biological diversity; conservation biology; ordination; vegetation analysis

Indexed keywords

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY; RAINFOREST;

SINGAPORE;

ADINANDRA DUMOSA; BURSERACEAE; CALOPHYLLUM; DIPTEROCARPACEAE; FILICOPHYTA; GARCINIA; MACARANGA CONIFERA;

EID: 0030303809     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0006-3207(95)00145-X     Document Type: Article

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