Tree species composition of a seasonal rain forest in Xishuangbanna, Southwest China

Tropical Ecology

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 183-192

  Cao, Min ^a   Zhang, Jianhou ^a   Feng, Zhili ^a   Deng, Jiwu ^a   Deng, Xiaobao ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

DBH distribution; ecotone; forest flora; permanent plot; species richness; species area curve; tropical rain forest

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030480689     PISSN: 05643295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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