Distribution patterns of tree species in a Malaysian tropical rain forest

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 105-114

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

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

^c SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

Author keywords

Donnelly statistic; Pasoh Forest; Spatial pattern; Species diversity

Indexed keywords

RAINFOREST; SPATIAL PATTERN; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TREE;

MALAYSIA, PASOH FOREST;

EID: 0030620056     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3237248     Document Type: Article

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