Ecological and biogeographical studies on the tropical rain forest of south Yunnan, SW China with a special reference to its relation with rain forests of tropical Asia

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 647-662

  Zhu, H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b KEY LABORATORY OF TROPICAL FOREST ECOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Biogeography; Ecology; Tropical rain forests; Yunnan

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; RAINFOREST;

ASIA; CHINA; YUNNAN PROVINCE;

NEXUS; SPERMATOPHYTA;

EID: 0030781723     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.1997.tb00075.x     Document Type: Review

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