Diversity, composition, and structure of tropical dry forests in Central America

Plant Ecology

Volumn 147, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 37-47

  Gillespie, Thomas W ^a   Grijalva, Alfredo ^b   Farris, Christine N ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b Universidad Centroamericana   (Nicaragua)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic disturbance; Costa Rica; Nicaragua; Plant species richness; Tropical dry forest

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DRY FOREST; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

CENTRAL AMERICA;

EID: 0034063253     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009848525399     Document Type: Article

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