Species richness, spatial variation, and abundance of the soil seed bank of a secondary tropical rain forest

Biotropica

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 214-222

  Butler, Brett J ^a   Chazdon, Robin L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RAINFOREST; SAMPLING;

COSTA RICA; LA SELVA;

EID: 0032444659     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.1998.tb00056.x     Document Type: Article

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