Dominance and distribution of tree species in upper Amazonian terra firme forests

Ecology

Volumn 82, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 2101-2117

  Pitman, Nigel C A ^a   Terborgh, John W ^a   Silman, Miles R ^b   Núñez, Percy V ^c   Neill, David A ^d   Cerón, Carlos E ^e   Palacios, Walter A ^d   Aulestia, Milton ^d  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE SAN ANTONIO ABAD DEL CUSCO   (Peru)

^d Herbario Nacional Del Ecuador   (Ecuador)

^e UNIVERSIDAD CENTRAL DEL ECUADOR   (Ecuador)

Author keywords

Amazon basin; Ecuador; Environmental heterogeneity; Manu National Park (Peru); Peru; Rarity; Tree oligarchies; Tropical forests; Tropical trees; Yasun National Park (Ecuador)

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DOMINANCE; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TROPICAL FOREST;

AMAZONIA; ECUADOR; PERU;

ARECACEAE; CHANNA MELASOMA; MORACEAE; MYRISTICACEAE; VIOLACEAE;

EID: 0034893421     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(2001)082[2101:DADOTS]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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