The most widespread Amazonian palms tend to be tall and habitat generalists

Basic and Applied Ecology

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 97-108

  Ruokolainen, Kalle ^a,b   Vormisto, Jaana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b Department of Biology   (Finland)

Author keywords

Arecaceae; Edaphic response; Plant structure; Rainforest; Range size

Indexed keywords

ARECACEAE;

EID: 0002165352     PISSN: 14391791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/1439-1791-00020     Document Type: Article

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