Does disturbance prevent total basal area and biomass in indigenous forests from being at equilibrium with the local environment?

Journal of Tropical Ecology

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 595-597

  Midgley, Jeremy J ^a   Niklas, Karl J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Allometry; Basal area; Disturbance; Forests

Indexed keywords

BASAL AREA; BIOMASS; DISTURBANCE; FOREST;

EID: 4344647569     PISSN: 02664674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0266467404001816     Document Type: Article

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