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Canopy gaps in rain forest on Christmas Island, Indian Ocean: size distribution and methods of measurement

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 July 2009

Peter T. Green
Peter T. Green*
Affiliation:
Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia 3168
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2c/o CSIRO Tropical Forest Research Centre, PO Box 780, Atherton, QLD 4883, Australia.
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canopy gapsChristmas IslandIndian Oceanrain forest
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Journal of Tropical Ecology , Volume 12 , Issue 3 , May 1996 , pp. 427 - 434
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1996

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