Internal heterogeneity of gaps and species richness in Costa Rican tropical wet forest

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• Publication year

  1988

• Venue

  Journal of Tropical Ecology

• Publication date

  1988-05-01

• Fields of study

  Geography, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1017/S0266467400002625
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