Deriving functional types for rain-forest trees

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 641-650

  Gitay, H ^a   Noble, I R ^a   Connell, J H ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Australia; Cluster analysis; Deductive classification; Pioneer; Subtropical; Successional species; Vital attribute

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; RAINFOREST;

EID: 0032732217     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3237079     Document Type: Article

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