Two biases in estimating range sizes of Amazonian plant species

Journal of Tropical Ecology

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 935-942

  Ruokolainen, Kalle ^a   Tuomisto, Hanna ^a   Vormisto, Jaana ^a   Pitman, Nigel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amazon basin; Arecaceae; Ferns; Melastomataceae; Palms; Plant height; Pteridophyta; Species identification; Species range size; Trees; Tropical rain forest

Indexed keywords

ESTIMATION METHOD; PLANT; RANGE SIZE;

SOUTH AMERICA;

ARECACEAE; FILICOPHYTA; MELASTOMATACEAE; PTERIDOPHYTA;

EID: 0036828369     PISSN: 02664674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0266467402002614     Document Type: Article

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