TROPICAL RAIN-FORESTS - DIVERSITY BEGETS DIVERSITY

Authors
MAYER AL PIMM SL
Citation
Al. Mayer et Sl. Pimm, TROPICAL RAIN-FORESTS - DIVERSITY BEGETS DIVERSITY, Current biology, 7(7), 1997, pp. 430-432
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Biology,Biology
Journal title
Current biology → ACNP
ISSN journal
09609822
Volume
7
Issue
7
Year of publication
1997
Pages
430 - 432
Database
ISI
SICI code
0960-9822(1997)7:7<430:TR-DBD>2.0.ZU;2-O
Abstract
Tropical rainforests exhibit apa extraordinarily high level of biologi cal diversity, A new study shows that the patterns of seedling surviva l surrounding parent trees are responsible in large part for this amaz ing diversity.