Pioneer trees in Amazonian floodplains: Three key species form monospecific stands in different habitats

Folia Geobotanica

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 225-238

  Parolin, Pia ^a   Oliveira, Astrid C ^b   Piedade, Maria Teresa F ^b   Wittmann, Florian ^a   Junk, Wolfgang J ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amazonia; Cecropia latiloba; Colonization; Floodplain forest; Pioneer; Salix humboldtiana; Seedling establishment; Senna reticulata

Indexed keywords

COLONIZATION; FLOODPLAIN FOREST; GERMINATION; GROWTH RATE; HABITAT TYPE; PIONEER SPECIES; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT;

BRAZIL;

CECROPIA; HUMBOLDTIANA; SALIX; SALIX HUMBOLDTIANA; SENNA;

EID: 0036379201     PISSN: 12119520     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02804233     Document Type: Article

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