Rain forest fragmentation and the dynamics of Amazonian tree communities

Ecology

Volumn 79, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 2032-2040

  Laurance, William F ^a   Ferreira, Leandro V ^a   Rankin de Merona, Judy M ^a,b   Laurance, Susan G ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

Amazon rain forest; Deforestation; Edge effects; Forest dynamics; Habitat fragmentation; Tree mortality and turnover; Wind disturbance

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; RAINFOREST; TREE;

AMAZONIA; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 0031712199     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(1998)079[2032:RFFATD]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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