Tree size frequency distributions, plant density, age and community disturbance

Ecology Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 405-411

  Niklas, Karl J ^a   Midgley, Jeremy J ^b   Rand, Richard H ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Allometry; Community ecology; Plant size; Stem diameter

Indexed keywords

AGE STRUCTURE; ALLOMETRY; COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; DISTURBANCE; PLANT COMMUNITY; POPULATION DENSITY; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0037987954     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1461-0248.2003.00440.x     Document Type: Article

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