Supplemental protocol for liana censuses

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 255, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 1044-1049

  Schnitzer, Stefan A ^a,b   Rutishauser, Suzanne ^a   Aguilar, Salomón ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^b SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

Author keywords

Barro Colorado Island; Census methods; Forest dynamics plots; Lianas; Panama; Tropical forest

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; STANDARDS;

BARRO COLORADO ISLAND; CENSUS METHODS; FOREST DYNAMICS PLOTS; LIANAS; TROPICAL FORESTS;

FORESTRY;

CENSUS; FOREST DYNAMICS; POPULATION ESTIMATION; TROPICAL FOREST; VINE;

ECOLOGY; FORESTRY; PANAMA; STANDARDS;

BARRO COLORADO ISLAND; CENTRAL AMERICA; GATUN LAKE; PANAMA [CENTRAL AMERICA];

EID: 39049101564     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2007.10.012     Document Type: Article

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