Tree species-area and species-diameter relationships at three lowland rain forest sites in Sumatra

Journal of Tropical Forest Science

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 784-800

  Rennolls, Keith ^a,b   Laumonier, Yves ^a,c  

^a INTAG   (Indonesia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH   (United Kingdom)

^c CIRAD   (France)

Author keywords

Non linear modelling; Species area curves; Species diameter curves

Indexed keywords

EID: 0343516783     PISSN: 01281283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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