A gradient of seedling growth from the centre of a tropical rain forest canopy gap

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 82, Issue 1-3, 1996, Pages 239-244

  Brown, Nick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Canopy gap; Dipterocarpaceae; Photosynthetically active radiation; Seedling growth; Tropical rain forest

Indexed keywords

CANOPY GAP; GAP DYNAMICS; RAINFOREST; SEEDLING GROWTH;

DIPTEROCARPACEAE; HOPEA NERVOSA; SHOREA JOHORENSIS;

EID: 0030431659     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-1127(95)03679-2     Document Type: Article

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