Change in community phylogenetic structure during tropical forest succession: evidence from New Guinea
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T. J. S. Whitfeld ([email protected]), Univ. of Minnesota, Dept of Forest Resources, 115 Green Hall, 1530 Cleveland Ave. N., St Paul, MN 55108 1095, USA. – W. J. Kress and D. L. Erickson, Dept of Botany, MRC-166, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Inst., PO Box 37012, Washington, DC 20013 7012, USA. – G. D. Weiblen, Univ. of Minnesota, Bell Museum of Natural History and Dept of Plant Biology, 250 Biological Sciences Center, 1445 Gortner Avenue, St Paul, MN 55108 1095, USA.
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