Authors
Robert E Ricklefs
Publication date
1977/3/1
Journal
The American Naturalist
Volume
111
Issue
978
Pages
376-381
Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Description
The number of species of trees in tropical forests is greater, on average, than in temperate forests. Whereas 1-hectare areas of temperate woods may have five to 15 species of trees (Braun 1950) similar areas of tropical forests may contain 50-100 species (Richards 1957). The maintenance of different levels of
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RE Ricklefs - The American Naturalist, 1977