A central Amazonian terra firme forest. I. High tree species richness on poor soils

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 1219-1244

  De Oliveira, Alexandre A ^a,c   Mori, Scott A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTE OF SYSTEMATIC BOTANY   (United States)

^c PAULISTA UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amazonia; Species richness; Terra firme forest; Tree alpha diversity

Indexed keywords

FOREST ECOSYSTEM; SOIL FERTILITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; TREE;

BRAZIL;

EID: 0032880955     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008908615271     Document Type: Article

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