Nearest-neighbor tree species combinations in tropical forest: The role of chance, and some consequences of high diversity

Oikos

Volumn 116, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 377-386

  Lieberman, Milton ^a,b   Lieberman, Diana ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b NONE   (Costa Rica)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; NEAREST NEIGHBOR ANALYSIS; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PULLOUT TEST; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES INVENTORY; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; TREE; TROPICAL FOREST;

CENTRAL AMERICA; COSTA RICA; HEREDIA; LA SELVA;

EID: 33847734710     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: 16000706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2006.0030-1299.15370.x     Document Type: Article

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