Disturbance affects spatial patterning and stand structure of a tropical rainforest tree

Austral Ecology

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 423-434

  Webber, Bruce L ^a,b   Norton, Briony A ^a   Woodrow, Ian E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Habitat fragmentation; Human landscape modification; Ryparosa; Spatial patterning; Stand structure; Sus scrofa

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; DICOTYLEDON; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; PIG; POPULATION STRUCTURE; RAINFOREST; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STAND STRUCTURE;

AUSTRALIA;

ACHARIACEAE; RYPAROSA; SUIDAE; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 77954161133     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: 14429993     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.2009.02054.x     Document Type: Article

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