Tanzanian forest tree plot diversity and elevation

Journal of Tropical Ecology

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 689-694

  Lovett, Jon C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diversity; Elevation; Forest; Tanzania; Trees

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032744047     PISSN: 02664674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0266467499001108     Document Type: Article

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