Edge effects on palm diversity in rain forest fragments in western Ecuador

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 2201-2211

  Baez, Selene ^a   Balslev, Henrik ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Density; Distance; Diversity; Forest structure; Fragmentation; Palm community

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; EDGE EFFECT; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; OLD-GROWTH FOREST; PLANT COMMUNITY; POPULATION DENSITY; RAINFOREST; SPECIES RICHNESS; TREE;

ECUADOR; SOUTH AMERICA;

ARECACEAE;

EID: 34249676198     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-007-9159-5     Document Type: Article

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