A quantitative analysis of plant community structure in an abandoned rubber plantations on Kho-Hong Hill, southern Thailand

Songklanakarin Journal of Science and Technology

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 479-491

  Bumrungsri, Sara ^a   Sripao raya, Ekapong ^a   Leelatiwong, Charan ^a  

^a PRINCE OF SONGKLA UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Forest succession; Kho Hong Hill; Rubber plantation; Secondary forest

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745683402     PISSN: 01253395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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