Using species abundance models as indicators of habitat disturbance in tropical forests

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 458-460

  Hill, Jane K ^a   Hamer, Keith C ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Community structure; Diversity; Selective logging

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEM MODELING; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; TROPICAL FOREST;

EID: 0031662994     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2664.1998.00310.x     Document Type: Review

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