Diversity and structure of tropical rain forest of Tutuila, American Samoa: Effects of site age and substrate

Plant Ecology

Volumn 144, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 257-274

  Webb, Edward L ^a,b   Fa'aumu, Siaifoi ^a,b  

^a National Park of American Samoa   (United States)

^b ASIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Biomass; Dispersal; Disturbance; Guilds; Island; Plant animal interactions; Polynesia; Regeneration; Succession

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; FOREST DYNAMICS; GUILD STRUCTURE; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

AMERICAN SAMOA;

EID: 0032830684     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009862618250     Document Type: Article

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