Tree mortality and collecting botanical vouchers in tropical forests

Biotropica

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 298-305

  Phillips, O L ^a,b   Nunez V P ^b,c   Timana M E ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN   (United States)

^c Biodiversidad Amazónica   (Peru)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TREE; TROPICAL FOREST;

AMAZONIA; PERU; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 0032445851     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.1998.tb00063.x     Document Type: Article

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