The world's highest forest

American Scientist

Volumn 92, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 454-461

  Purcell, Jessica ^a   Brelsford, Alan ^a   Kessler, Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b University of British Columbia ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS;

GLOBAL FOREST REGIONS;

FORESTRY;

CONSERVATION PLANNING; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HUMAN ACTIVITY; MONTANE FOREST;

FORESTRY; GEOGRAPHIC VARIATIONS;

ANDES; BOLIVIA; SOUTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ANIMALIA; ATACAMA; AVES; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; POLYLEPIS;

EID: 5044248145     PISSN: 00030996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.1511/2004.49.940     Document Type: Article

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