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Plant secondary compounds in the canopy and understorey of a tropical rain forest in Gabon

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 April 2001

KELSEY DOWNUM ,
DAVID LEE ,
FRANCIS HALLÉ ,
MARTIN QUIRKE  and
NEIL TOWERS
KELSEY DOWNUM
Affiliation:
Department of Biological Sciences, Florida International University, and Fairchild Tropical Garden, Miami, Florida 33199, USA
DAVID LEE
Affiliation:
Department of Biological Sciences, Florida International University, and Fairchild Tropical Garden, Miami, Florida 33199, USA
FRANCIS HALLÉ
Affiliation:
Institute de Botanique, Universite de Montpellier II, 34000 Montpellier, France
MARTIN QUIRKE
Affiliation:
Department of Chemistry, Florida International University, Miami, Florida 33199, USA
NEIL TOWERS
Affiliation:
Department of Botany, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z4, Canada
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Given their difficulty of access, the canopies of tropical rain forests are considered a last frontier of biological/ecological research (Lowman & Nadkarni 1995). Climbing techniques are arduous and do not reach the tips of branches; towers, cranes and walkways limit the spatial exploration of the forest.

Keywords

biochemical ecologycanopyGabontropical rain forest
Type
SHORT COMMUNICATION
Information
Journal of Tropical Ecology , Volume 17 , Issue 3 , May 2001 , pp. 477 - 481
Copyright
© 2001 Cambridge University Press

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