Predicting population trends from size distributions: A direct test in a tropical tree community

American Naturalist

Volumn 152, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 495-509

  Condit, Richard ^a   Sukumar, R ^b   Hubbell, Stephen P ^a,c   Foster, Robin B ^a,d  

^a SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

^c PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Population change; Size distribution; Tropical forest

Indexed keywords

FOREST; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDICTION; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; TREE; TREND ANALYSIS;

PANAMA;

EID: 0031662980     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/286186     Document Type: Article

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