A framework for the worldwide comparison of tropical woody vegetation types

Biological Conservation

Volumn 95, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 175-189

  Blasco, F ^a   Whitmore, T C ^b   Gers, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bioclimates; Ecofloristic zones; Pantropical classification; Tropical forests; Vegetation types

Indexed keywords

BIOCLIMATOLOGY; TROPICAL FOREST; VEGETATION CLASSIFICATION;

EID: 0033920378     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3207(00)00032-X     Document Type: Article

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