Species richness and floristic composition in four hectares in the Jau National Park in upland forests in Central Amazonia

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 7, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1349-1364

  Ferreira, Leandro Valle ^a   Prance, Ghillean T ^b  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

^b ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amazonia; Plant community; Terra firme forest; Tree inventory

Indexed keywords

FOREST; SPECIES DIVERSITY; UPLAND REGION;

BRAZIL;

ALEXA GRANDIFLORA; BERTHOLLETIA EXCELSA; BUCHENAVIA; COUEPIA OBOVATA; GOUPIA GLABRA; SCLERONEMA MICRANTHUM;

EID: 0032450223     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008899900654     Document Type: Article

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