Structural and floristic diversity of mixed tropical rain forest in New Caledonia: New data from the New Caledonian Plant Inventory and Permanent Plot Network (NC-PIPPN)

Applied Vegetation Science

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 386-397

  Ibanez, Thomas ^a,d   Munzinger, Jérôme ^b,d   Dagostini, Gilles ^b,d   Hequet, Vanessa ^b,d   Rigault, Frédéric ^b,d,e   Jaffré, Tanguy ^b,d   Birnbaum, Philippe ^c,d  

^a IAC   (New Caledonia)

^b UMR AMAP   (France)

^c CIRAD   (France)

^d INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (New Caledonia)

^e AVIGNON UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Alpha and beta diversity; Basal area; Environmental gradients; Floristic dissimilarity; Serpentine; Species richness; Stem density; Ultramafic substrates

Indexed keywords

EID: 84902505673     PISSN: 14022001     EISSN: 1654109X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/avsc.12070     Document Type: Article

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