Effects of selective logging on tree diversity, composition and plant functional type patterns in a bornean rain forest

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 99-110

  Verburg, René ^a,b   Van Eijk Bos, Clara ^c  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITEIT LEIDEN BRANCH   (Netherlands)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Permanent sample plot; Principal Component Analysis; Species richness; Tropical rain forest

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RAINFOREST; SELECTIVE LOGGING; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TREE;

INDONESIA; KALIMANTAN;

MARTES;

EID: 0038735627     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1654-1103.2003.tb02132.x     Document Type: Article

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