Abolishing virginity

Journal of Tropical Ecology

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 735-739

  Clark, David B ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

^b La Selva Biological Station   (United States)

Author keywords

Disturbance; Forest ecology; Old growth; Succession; Tropical rainforest

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY CLASSIFICATION; OLD-GROWTH FOREST; RAINFOREST; VIRGIN FOREST;

EID: 0030429705     PISSN: 02664674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0266467400009937     Document Type: Article

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