Tree species richness in primary and old secondary tropical forest in Singapore

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 537-543

  Turner, I M ^a   Wong, Y K ^b   Chew, P T ^c   Bin Ibrahim, Ali ^c  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b Singapore Botanic Gardens ^*  (Singapore)

^c SINGAPORE BOTANIC GARDENS   (Singapore)

Author keywords

conservation biology; diversity; secondary succession; Singapore; species richness; tropical rain forest

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION BIOLOGY; PRIMARY FOREST; SECONDARY FOREST; SECONDARY SUCCESSION; SPECIES RICHNESS; TREE; TROPICAL FOREST;

SINGAPORE, CENTRAL CATCHMENT NATURE RESERVE;

ANIMALIA; MYRTACEAE; RHODAMNIA; RHODAMNIA CINEREA;

EID: 0030618291     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1018381111842     Document Type: Article

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