Species richness, tropical forest dynamics and sampling: Questioning cause and effect

Oikos

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 587-590

  Sheil, Douglas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

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Indexed keywords

FOREST DYNAMICS; SAMPLING; SPECIES RICHNESS; TROPICAL FOREST;

EID: 0030304350     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3546354     Document Type: Review

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