The rebuilding of an isolated rain forest assemblage: How disharmonic is the flora of Krakatau?

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 6, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 1671-1696

  Whittaker, Robert J ^a   Jones, Stephen H ^a   Partomihardjo, Tukirin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b Herbarium Bogoriense   (Indonesia)

Author keywords

Dispersal; Floristic composition; Island biogeography; Krakatau; Plant geography; Rain forest

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031464728     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1018335007666     Document Type: Article

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