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Survival and growth of Iryanthera hostmannii seedlings and juveniles in the tropical rainforest of French Guyana

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 July 2009

Henri Puig  and
André Fabre
Henri Puig
Affiliation:
Laboratoire d'Écologie terrestre, Université Paul Sabatier, UMR 5552, B.P. 4403, 13 avenue du Colonel Roche, F-31405 Toulouse, France
André Fabre
Affiliation:
Laboratoire d'Écologie terrestre, Université Paul Sabatier, UMR 5552, B.P. 4403, 13 avenue du Colonel Roche, F-31405 Toulouse, France
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Keywords

French GuyanaIryanthera hostmanniimortalityrecruitmentseedling demographyseedling establishment
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Short Communication
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Journal of Tropical Ecology , Volume 13 , Issue 1 , January 1997 , pp. 139 - 143
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1997

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