Generic Composition, Structure and Diversity of Secondary Forests at Amisconde, the Pacific Slope of the Cordillera de Talamanca, Costa Rica

Revista de Biologia Tropical

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1069-1079

  Hooftman, D A P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Amisconde; Elevation gradient; Forest typology; Generic diversity; Secondary forest; Talamanca

Indexed keywords

EID: 0346401724     PISSN: 00347744     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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