The Quebrada de Oro forest of Belize: Exceptional structure and high species richness

Tropical Ecology

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 247-258

  Brokaw, N V L ^a   Grear, J S ^b   Tripplett, K J ^c   Whitman, A A ^a   Mallory, E P ^a  

^a Manomet Center for Conservation Sciences   (United States)

^b Dept of Environmental Protection ^*  (United States)

^c Policy and Design   (United States)

Author keywords

Belize; Neotropical forest structure; Tree density; Tree diversity; Tree size

Indexed keywords

FOREST; SPECIES RICHNESS; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

BELIZE;

EID: 0031393575     PISSN: 05643295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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