Forest canopy stratification - Is it useful?

American Naturalist

Volumn 155, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 473-484

  Parker, Geoffrey G ^a   Brown, Martin J ^b  

^a SMITHSONIAN ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b Synthesis Research and Analysis   (United States)

Author keywords

Canopy; Forest; Layer; Stratification; Stratum

Indexed keywords

CANOPY; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; STRATIFICATION;

EID: 0034020254     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/303340     Document Type: Article

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