Distribution of twelve moist forest canopy tree species in Liberia and Cote d'Ivoire: Response curves to a climatic gradient

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 371-382

  Bongers, F ^a   Poorter, L ^a,b   Van Rompaey, R S A R ^a   Parren, M P E ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Climatic gradient; Rainfall; Species distribution; Species response curve; Tropical moist forest; West Africa

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES OCCURRENCE;

(WEST); AFRICA;

EID: 0032773074     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3237066     Document Type: Article

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