Strong density- and diversity-related effects help to maintain tree species diversity in a neotropical forest

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 94, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 1252-1257

  Wills, Christopher ^a   Condit, Richard ^b   Foster, Robin B ^c   Hubbell, Stephen P ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^c FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

^d PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; ECOLOGY; FOREST; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SURVIVAL;

EID: 0031029964     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.94.4.1252     Document Type: Article

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