Rain forest composition and patterns of secondary succession in the Vava'u Island Group, Tonga

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 51-64

  Franklin, Janet ^a   Drake, Donald R ^b   Bolick, Leslie A ^a   Smith, Darren S ^a   Motley, Timothy J ^c  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^c NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN   (United States)

Author keywords

Bird habitat; Conservation; Ordination; Pacific; Polynesia; Rain forest

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; RAINFOREST; SECONDARY SUCCESSION;

PACIFIC OCEAN; TONGA; VAVA'U ISLAND GROUP;

EID: 0033082696     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3237160     Document Type: Article

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