The Tropical Rain Forest: An Ecological StudyTropische Florenzone, Tropisch immergrüne Bergwälder. |
Contents
The biological spectrum of the Rain forest p 7 Present and past distribution of Tropical | 15 |
The synusiae p 19 Stratification p 22 The profile diagram p 24 Stratification | 38 |
Death of old trees and formation of gaps p 41 Ageclass representation p 43 Growth rate | 49 |
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