Determinants of mortality across a tropical lowland rainforest community
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N. R ü ger ([email protected]) and A. Huth, UFZ, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research – UFZ, Dept of Ecological Modelling, Permoserstr. 15, DE – 04318 Leipzig, Germany. Present address for NR: AG Spezielle Botanik und Funktionelle Biodiversit ä t, Univ. Leipzig, Johannisallee 21-23, DE – 04103 Leipzig, Germany. – S. P. Hubbell, Dept Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Univ. of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA. – SPH and R. Condit, Center for Tropical Forest Science, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Unit 0948, APO AA 34002 – 0948, USA. RC also at: National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis, 735 State St., Santa Barbara, CA 93101, USA.
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تاریخ انتشار 2011