Tree architecture and secondary tropical rain forest development. A case study in Araracuara, Colombian Amazonia

Flora

Volumn 193, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 75-97

  Vester, Hans F M ^a,b   Cleef, Antoine M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b EL COLEGIO DE LA FRONTERA SUR   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Amazon; Architectural spectrum; Forest development; Secondary forest; Slash and burn agriculture; Tree architecture

Indexed keywords

CROWN ARCHITECTURE; RAINFOREST; SECONDARY FOREST; TROPICAL TREE;

ARARACUARA; CLOMBIA;

CECROPIA; CECROPIACEAE; FABACEAE; INGA; JACARANDA COPAIA; MELASTOMATACEAE; MICONIA; MICONIA MINUTIFLORA; MICONIA MINUTILFORA; MICONIA MYRIANTHA; MICONIA PILGERIANA; MICONIA POEPPIGII; MICONIA PRASINA; MICONIA PUNCTATA; MICONIA SPLENDENS; MIMOSACEAE; PIPER ARBOREUM; PIPERACEAE; URTICACEAE; VISMIA; VISMIA GLAZIOVII; VISMIA JAPURENSIS; VISMIA MACROPHYLLA;

EID: 0031904913     PISSN: 03672530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0367-2530(17)30816-2     Document Type: Article

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