The structure and ecology of Mauritia setigera palm swamp forest in Nariva swamp, Trinidad

Tropical Ecology

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 199-206

  Bonadie, Wayne A ^a   Bacon, Peter R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Trinidad and Tobago)

Author keywords

Mauritia setigera; Nariva swamp; Palm swamp forest; Ramsar; Trinidad; Wetland

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; PALM; PLANT COMMUNITY; STAND STRUCTURE; SUCCESSION; SWAMP FOREST;

TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO;

MAURITIA SETIGERA; PTEROCARPUS;

EID: 0033363241     PISSN: 05643295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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