Species diversity structure analysis at two sites in the tropical rain forest of Sumatra

Journal of Tropical Ecology

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 253-270

  Rennolls, Keith ^a,c   Laumonier, Yves ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH   (United Kingdom)

^b CIRAD   (France)

^c INTAG   (Indonesia)

Author keywords

Diversity; Diversity structure; Land facets; Species diversity

Indexed keywords

FACTOR ANALYSIS; MEASUREMENT METHOD; RAINFOREST; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TOPOGRAPHY;

INDONESIA;

EID: 0034110278     PISSN: 02664674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0266467400001395     Document Type: Article

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