Riparian flooded forests of the Orinoco and Amazon basins: A comparative review

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 551-586

  Rosales Godoy, Judith ^a,b   Petts, Geoffrey ^b   Salo, Jukka ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL EXPERIMENTAL DE GUAYANA   (Venezuela)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Amazon River; Flooded forests; Igapo; Orinoco River; Riparian forests; Varzea

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSERVATION PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FLOODPLAIN FOREST;

BRAZIL; VENEZUELA;

EID: 0033057767     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008846531941     Document Type: Review

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