Concepts for the aggregation of tropical tree species into functional types and the application to Sabah's lowland rain forests

Journal of Tropical Ecology

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 591-602

  Kohler, P ^a   Ditzer, T ^a   Huth, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KASSEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dipterocarp forest; Malaysia; Maximum height; Model; Plant functional types; Successional status; Tropical rain forest

Indexed keywords

FUNCTIONAL GROUP; RAINFOREST; SUCCESSION; TREE; VEGETATION CLASSIFICATION;

MALAYSIA;

EID: 0033863469     PISSN: 02664674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0266467400001590     Document Type: Article

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