Species-area and species-individual relationships for tropical trees: A comparison of three 50-ha plots

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 84, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 549-562

  Condit, Richard ^a   Hubbell, Stephen P ^a,b   Lafrankie, James V ^c   Sukumar, R ^d   Manokaran, N ^e   Foster, Robin B ^a,f   Ashton, Peter S ^g  

^a APACHE POINT OBSERVATORY   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^d INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

^e FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^f FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

^g HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Diversity; Species area curve; Species individual curve; Tropical forest

Indexed keywords

SAMPLING; SPECIES-AREA RELATIONSHIP; TROPICAL TREE;

INDIA, TAMIL NADU, MUDUMALAI; MALAYSIA, PASOH FOREST RESERVE;

EID: 0030304884     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2261477     Document Type: Article

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