Plant diversity in tropical forests

Functional Plant Ecology, Second Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 351-367

  Wright, S Joseph ^a  

^a SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

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