Tree spatial patterns in three contrasting plots of a southern Indian tropical moist evergreen forest

Journal of Tropical Ecology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 1-16

  Pélissier, Raphaël ^a,b  

^a FRENCH INSTITUTE OF PONDICHERRY   (India)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

Author keywords

Forest dynamics; Forest mosaic; India; Rainforests; Spatial point patterns; Spatial point processes; Western Ghats

Indexed keywords

GAP DYNAMICS; SPATIAL PATTERN; TREEFALL; TROPICAL MOIST FOREST;

INDIA;

EID: 2642690678     PISSN: 02664674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0266467498000017     Document Type: Article

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