On the vegetation of a seasonal mixedwater inundation forest near Manaus, Brazilian Amazonia

Amazoniana

Volumn 14, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 335-347

  Do Amaral, I L ^a   Adis, J ^b   Prance, G T ^c  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY   (Germany)

^c ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amazon; Ecotone; Floodplains; Igap ; Inundation forest; Neotropics; V rzea

Indexed keywords

CALOPHYLLUM; CALOPHYLLUM ANTILLANUM; CLUSIACEAE; FABACEAE; POUTERIA; PTEROCARPUS; PTEROCARPUS AMAZONUM; SAPOTACEAE; CALOPHYLLUM BRASILIENSE;

INUNDATION FOREST; SPECIES COMPOSITION; VEGETATION;

EID: 0031402272     PISSN: 00656755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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