Elevational and latitudinal changes in tree associations and diversity in the Eastern Arc mountains of Tanzania

Journal of Tropical Ecology

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 629-650

  Lovett, Jon C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diversity; Elevational variation; Ordination; Structure; Tanzania; Tropical forest

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; LATITUDE; ORDINATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TROPICAL FOREST;

TANZANIA, EASTERN ARC MOUNTAINS;

CHRYSOBALANACEAE; LAURACEAE; OCOTEA USAMBARENSIS; PARIMARI EXCELSA;

EID: 0030429588     PISSN: 02664674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0266467400009846     Document Type: Article

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