Relationships between spatial configuration of tropical forest patches and woody plant diversity in northeastern Puerto Rico

Plant Ecology

Volumn 201, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 101-113

  Galanes, Ileana T ^a   Thomlinson, John R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Landscape structure; Patch area; Patch shape; Plant species composition; Tropical moist forests

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIODIVERSITY; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; PATCH SIZE; SEED DISPERSAL; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; SPECIES-AREA RELATIONSHIP; TROPICAL FOREST; WOODY PLANT;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; GREATER ANTILLES; PUERTO RICO;

EID: 59849099330     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11258-008-9475-1     Document Type: Article

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