Floristic composition and diversity of mixed primary and secondary forests in northwest Guyana

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 10, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 1645-1682

  Van Andel, Tinde ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Conservation; Diversity; Floristic composition; Forest structure; Guyana; Secondary forest; Species dominance; Vegetation types

Indexed keywords

EID: 1542303667     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1012069717077     Document Type: Article

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