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Size structure of a dominant Neotropical forest tree species, Dicymbe altsonii, in Guyana and some factors reducing seedling leaf area

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 July 2009

R. Isaacs ,
M. P. Gillman ,
M. Johnston ,
F. Marsh  and
B. C. Wood
R. Isaacs*
Affiliation:
Department of Biology, Imperial College at Silwood Park, Ascot, Berkshire, SL5 7PY, UK
M. P. Gillman
Affiliation:
Department of Biology, The Open University, Walton Hall, Milton Keynes, MK7 6AA, UK
M. Johnston
Affiliation:
Faculty of Applied Science, University of West of England, Coldharbour Lane, Bristol, BS16 1QY, UK
F. Marsh
Affiliation:
Department of Biology, The Open University, Walton Hall, Milton Keynes, MK7 6AA, UK
B. C. Wood
Affiliation:
Department of Biology, The Open University, Walton Hall, Milton Keynes, MK7 6AA, UK
*
1 To whom correspondence should be addressed at: Department of Entomology, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona 85721, USA.
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Journal of Tropical Ecology , Volume 12 , Issue 4 , July 1996 , pp. 599 - 606
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1996

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