A new technique for inventory of permanent plots in tropical forests: A case study from lowland dipterocarp forest in Kuala Belalong, Brunei darussalam

Blumea: Journal of Plant Taxonomy and Plant Geography

Volumn 54, Issue 1-3, 2009, Pages 124-130

  Hedl R ^a   Svatek M ^b   Dancak M ^c   Rodzay, A W ^d   Salleh A B , M ^d   Kamariah, A S ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (Czech Republic)

^b MENDEL UNIVERSITY IN BRNO   (Czech Republic)

^c PALACKÝ UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^d UNIVERSITI BRUNEI DARUSSALAM   (Brunei Darussalam)

Author keywords

Electronic compass; Field map; Forest inventory; Forest structure; Laser rangefinder; Lowland dipterocarp forest; Permanent plots; Taxonomic diversity

Indexed keywords

ANACARDIACEAE; BURSERACEAE; DIPTEROCARPACEAE; EUPHORBIA; EUPHORBIACEAE; LAURACEAE; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; MYRTACEAE; SAPOTACEAE;

EID: 70350376025     PISSN: 00065196     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3767/000651909X475482     Document Type: Article

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