Species composition and species-area relationships in vegetation isolates on the summit of a sandstone mountain in southern Venezuela

Journal of Tropical Ecology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 69-82

  Michelangeli, Fabian A ^a,b  

^a FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS   (Venezuela)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Guayana Highlands; Primary succession; Soil volume species relationships; Species area relationships; Vegetation islands

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; ISOLATED POPULATION; MOUNTAIN; SPECIES-AREA RELATIONSHIP; VEGETATION;

VENEZUELA;

EID: 0033962726     PISSN: 02664674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0266467400001279     Document Type: Article

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