Tropical rainforests and the need for cross-continental comparisons

Trends in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 104-110

  Corlett, Richard T ^a   Primack, Richard B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b Boston University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RAIN;

BIOGEOGRAPHY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ECOLOGY; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; RAINFOREST; TROPICAL FOREST;

ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENT; EVOLUTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GEOGRAPHY; PLANT; REVIEW; TREE; TROPIC CLIMATE;

ANIMALS; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENT; EVOLUTION; GEOGRAPHY; PLANTS; RAIN; TREES; TROPICAL CLIMATE; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 31344478526     PISSN: 01695347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2005.12.002     Document Type: Review

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