Spatial pattern of diversity in a tropical rain forest in Malaysia

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 57-74

  He, Fangliang ^a,c   Legendre, Pierre ^a   LaFrankie, James V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^c LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Diversity; Malaysia; Non equilibrium; Rain forest; Spatial structure

Indexed keywords

EQUILIBRIUM; RAINFOREST; SAMPLING; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES-AREA CURVE;

MALAYSIA, PASOH FOREST RESERVE;

EID: 0030471691     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2699.1996.00976.x     Document Type: Article

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