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Structure, Long-Term Dynamics, and Demography of the Tree Community

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Lamto

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  1. Biogéochimie et écologie des milieux continentaux (UMR 7618), Ecole Normale Supérieure, 46 rue d’Ulm, 75230, Paris cedex 05, France

    Jacques Gignoux

  2. Laboratoire d’écologie des Sols Tropicaux (UMR 137), 32 Avenue H. Varagnat, 93143, Bondy cedex, France

    Sébastien Barot

  3. Centre d’études spatiales de la biosphére (UMR 5126), 18, Avenue Edouard Belin, BPI 2801, 31401, Toulouse cedex 4, France

    Jean-Claude Menaut

  4. Station d’écologie de Lamto, Université d’Abobo-Adjamé, BP 28, N’Douci, Côte d’Ivoire

    Roger Vuattoux

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Gignoux, J., Barot, S., Menaut, JC., Vuattoux, R. (2006). Structure, Long-Term Dynamics, and Demography of the Tree Community. In: Abbadie, L., Gignoux, J., Le Roux, X., Lepage, M. (eds) Lamto. Ecological Studies, vol 179. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-387-33857-8_18

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