P. W. Richards, A. G. Tansley, A. S. Watt, The Recording of Structure, Life Form and Flora of Tropical Forest Communities as a Basis for Their Classification, Journal of Ecology, Vol. 28, No. 1 (Feb., 1940), pp. 224-239
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