Floristic composition and stand structure of mixed dipterocarp and heath forests in Brunei Darussalam

Journal of Tropical Forest Science

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 542-569

  Davies, Stuart J ^a,b   Becker, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI BRUNEI DARUSSALAM   (Brunei Darussalam)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Basal area; Borneo species richness; Density; Heath forest; Mixed dipterocarp forest; Size class distribution; Tropical rain forest

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BASAL AREA; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; SPECIES RICHNESS; STAND STRUCTURE; STEM DENSITY;

BRUNEI, BRUNEI DARUSSALAM;

AGATHIS BORNEENSIS; ARAUCARIACEAE; BURSERACEAE; CLUSIACEAE; DIPTEROCARPACEAE; DRYOBALANOPS AROMATICA; EUPHORBIACEAE; GLUTA BECCARII; MYRTACEAE; SAPOTACEAE;

EID: 0030435682     PISSN: 01281283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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