Patterns of tree species richness in rain forests of the middle Caquetá Area, Colombia, NW Amazonia

Biotropica

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 142-158

  Duivenvoorden, J F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOREST DYNAMICS; RAINFOREST TREE; SPECIES RICHNESS;

COLOMBIA, CAQUETA;

EID: 0030436921     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2389070     Document Type: Article

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