Pteridophyte diversity and species composition in four Amazonian rain forests

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 383-396

  Tuomisto, Hanna ^a   Poulsen, Axel Dalberg ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Amazonia; Tropical lowland rain forest; Vegetation analysis

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; FERN; RAINFOREST; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

AMAZONIA; SOUTH AMERICA;

FILICOPHYTA; PTERIDOPHYTA;

EID: 0034210042     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3236631     Document Type: Article

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