Rain forest on Maraca Island, Roraima, Brazil: Soil and litter process response to artificial gaps

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 102, Issue 2-3, 1998, Pages 291-303

  Luizao F J ^a   Proctor, J ^b   Thompson, J ^c   Luizao R C C ^a   Marrs, R H ^d   Scott, D A ^b   Viana, V ^e  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amazonia; Artificial gaps; Litter decomposition; Rain forest

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032559819     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(97)00170-9     Document Type: Article

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