Effects of flooding duration on species richness, floristic composition and forest structure in river margin habitat in Amazonian blackwater floodplain forests: Implications for future design of protected areas

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 1-14

  Ferreira, Leandro Valle ^a  

^a Fundo Mundial para a Natureza (WWF)   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amazonia; Blackwater; Brazil; Community ordination; Conservation; Floodplain forests; Forest structure; Species distributions; Species richness

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; FLOOD; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; SPECIES RICHNESS;

BRAZIL;

EID: 0033953790     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008989811637     Document Type: Article

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