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Dead logs as a substrate for rain forest trees in Dominica

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 July 2009

Andrew J. Lack
Andrew J. Lack
Affiliation:
School of Biological and Molecular Sciences, Oxford Polytechnic, Gipsy LaneHeadington, Oxford OX3 0BP, UK
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Keywords

DominicaMiconianurse logsrain forestregeneration
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Journal of Tropical Ecology , Volume 7 , Issue 3 , August 1991 , pp. 401 - 405
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1991

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