The potential impact of small-scale physical disturbance on seedlings in a Papuan rainforest

Biotropica

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 547-552

  Mack, Andrew L ^a,b  

^a Betty and Gordon Moore Center for Science and Oceans   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Artificial seedlings; Disturbance; Ground slope; Litterfall; Mortality; Papua New Guinea; Rain forest; Seedling

Indexed keywords

PHYSICAL DISTURBANCE; RAINFOREST; SEEDLING; SLOPE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

CRATER MOUNTAIN BIOLOGICAL RESEARCH STATION; PAPUA NEW GUINEA;

EID: 0032323404     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.1998.tb00095.x     Document Type: Article

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