Diversity, composition and structure of a tropical semideciduous forest in the Chiquitania region of Santa Cruz, Bolivia

Journal of Tropical Ecology

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 803-827

  Killeen, Timothy J ^a,b   Jardim, Antony ^a   Mamani, Fabiana ^c   Rojas, Nelson ^d  

^a MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN   (United States)

^b Museo de Historia Natural Noel Kempff   (Bolivia)

^c Centro de Investigación Económica del Colegio de Economista   (Bolivia)

^d Pedro Saravia BOLFOR Proyecto Manejo Forestal Sostenible   (Bolivia)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Chiquitano dry forest; Pleistocene dry forest arc

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TROPICAL FOREST;

BOLIVIA; SANTA CRUZ;

ACOSMIUM; ACOSMIUM CADENASII; ANADENANTHERA COLUBRINA; ASPIDOSPERMA; ASPIDOSPERMA TOMENTOSA; CAESALPINIA; CAESALPINIA FLORIBUNDA; CENTROLOBIUM; CENTROLOBIUM MICROCHAETE; CHORISIA SPECIOSA; COLUBRINA; FILICOPHYTA; GALIPEA; GALIPEA TRIFOLIATA; MACHAERIUM SCLEROXYLON; MICROCHAETE; NEEA; NEEA HERMAPHRODITA; PIPTADENIA VIRIDIFLORA; TABEBUIA; TABEBUIA IMPETIGINOSA;

EID: 0032412688     PISSN: 02664674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0266467498000583     Document Type: Article

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