Large-scale spatial variation in palm fruit abundance across a tropical moist forest estimated from high-resolution aerial photographs

Ecography

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 33-42

  A Jansen, Patrick ^a   A Bohlman, Stephanie ^b   X Garzon Lopez, Carol ^a   Olff, Han ^a   C Muller Landau, Helene ^c   Joseph Wright, S ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^d SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH; ESTIMATION METHOD; EVERGREEN TREE; FRUIT; SPATIAL VARIATION; TROPICAL FOREST;

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

ANIMALIA; ASTROCARYUM; ASTROCARYUM STANDLEYANUM;

EID: 39549121709     PISSN: 09067590     EISSN: 16000587     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2007.0906-7590.05151.x     Document Type: Article

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