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What is secondary forest?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 July 2009

Richard T. Corlett
Richard T. Corlett
Affiliation:
Department of Botany, University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong
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Keywords

disturbanceprimary forestsecondary forestsuccessiontropical forests

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Journal of Tropical Ecology , Volume 10 , Issue 3 , August 1994 , pp. 445 - 447
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1994

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