An analysis of the floristic composition and diversity of Amazonian forests including those of the Guiana Shield

Journal of Tropical Ecology

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 801-828

  Hans Steege, T E R ^a,b   Sabatier, Daniel ^c   Castellanos, Hernan ^d   Van Andel, Tinde ^a   Duivenvoorden, Joost ^e   De Oliveira, Alexandre Adalardo ^f   Renske, E K ^a,b   Lilwah, Ramesh ^b,g   Maas, Paul ^a   Mori, Scott ^h  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Tropenbos Guyana Programme   (Guyana)

^c INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^d UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL EXPERIMENTAL DE GUAYANA   (Venezuela)

^e UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^f PAULISTA UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

^g National Agricultural Research Institute   (Guyana)

^h INSTITUTE OF SYSTEMATIC BOTANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amazonia; Floristic composition; Guiana Shield; Rainfall; Tree alpha diversity

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; RAINFOREST; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 0034490151     PISSN: 02664674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0266467400001735     Document Type: Article

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