Tree species distributions and local habitat variation in the Amazon: large forest plot in eastern Ecuador
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Department of Biological Sciences, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador, Apartado 17-01-2184, Quito, Ecuador, '\Botany Department, The Eield Museum., Roosevelt Road at Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, IL 60605-2496, USA, XCenterfor Tropical Eorest Science, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Unit 0948, APO AA 34002-0948, USA, ^Department of Systematic Botany, University of Arhus, Nordlandsvej68, DK-8240 Risskov, Denmark, and^Center for Tropical Forest Science, Smithsonian Institution, Suite 2207, 900 Jefferson Drive, Washington, DC20560, USA
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