Landscape-scale evaluation of understory light and canopy structure: Methods and application in a neotropical lowland rain forest

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 747-757

  Clark, David B ^a,f   Clark, Deborah A ^a   Rich, Paul M ^b   Weiss, Stuart ^c   Oberbauer, Steven F ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e FAIRCHILD TROPICAL BOTANIC GARDEN   (United States)

^f Biological Station   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; RAINFOREST;

COSTA RICA, LA SELVA;

CECROPIA; MORACEAE;

EID: 0030442714     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/x26-084     Document Type: Article

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