Why are tropical rain forests so species rich? Classifying, reviewing and evaluating theories

Progress in Physical Geography

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 326-354

  Hill, J L ^a   Hill, R A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biotic interaction; Environmental change; Genetic differentiation; Niche habitat diversification; Scale; Species diversity; Tropical rain forest

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034751254     PISSN: 03091333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/030913330102500302     Document Type: Article

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