The influence of logging on a Malaysian Dipterocarp rain forest: A study using a forest gap model

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 185, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 47-54

  Kurpick P ^a,b   Kurpick U ^a,b   Huth, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KASSEL   (Germany)

^b KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; FOREST; FORESTRY; MALAYSIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031557386     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jtbi.1996.0288     Document Type: Article

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