Impact of forest fragmentation on seedling abundance in a tropical rain forest

Conservation Biology

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 380-389

  Benitez Malvido, Julieta ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTO DE MATEMÁTICAS   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; FOREST; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; REGENERATION; SEEDLING;

AMAZONAS STATE; BRAZIL; MONAUS;

EID: 0031922512     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1739.1998.96295.x     Document Type: Article

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