Palm community structure and land cover changes in the San Juan Biological Corridor, Costa Rica

Biotropica

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 44-54

  Wang, Yung Ho ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Palm density; Palm species diversity; Palm species richness; Spatial interpolation

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; LAND COVER; PLANT COMMUNITY; POPULATION DENSITY; PROTECTED AREA; SHRUB; SPATIAL VARIATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

CENTRAL AMERICA; COSTA RICA;

EID: 38149008806     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: 17447429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.2007.00342.x     Document Type: Article

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