Scale dependence of tree abundance and richness in a tropical rain forest, Malaysia

Landscape Ecology

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 559-568

  He, Fangliang ^a   LaFrankie, James V ^b   Song, Bo ^c  

^a LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^c CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Diversity mapping; Grain size; Malaysia; Spatial variation; Tropical rain forest

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; RAINFOREST; SCALE EFFECT; SPATIAL VARIATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

MALAYSIA;

EID: 0036972240     PISSN: 09212973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021514104193     Document Type: Article

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