A century of plant species loss from an isolated fragment of lowland tropical rain forest;Un siglo de perdida de especies de plantas en un fragmento aislado de bosque tropical lluvioso en tierras bajas

Conservation Biology

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 1229-1244

  Turner, I M ^a   Chua, K S ^a   Ong, J S Y ^a   Soong, B C ^a   Tan, H T W ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HABITAT ISOLATION; RAINFOREST;

SINGAPORE;

ARECACEAE; CALOPHYLLUM; CALOPHYLLUM FERRUGINEUM; RUBIACEAE;

EID: 0030474898     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1739.1996.10041229.x     Document Type: Article

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