Dispersal, environment, and floristic variation of Western Amazonian forests

Science

Volumn 299, Issue 5604, 2003, Pages 241-244

  Tuomisto, Hanna ^a   Ruokolainen, Kalle ^a   Yli Halla, Markku ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; PLANTS (BOTANY); TROPICS;

FLORISTIC VARIATION;

FORESTRY;

CONSERVATION; DISPERSAL; ENVIRONMENT; FLORA; HABITAT; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOGEOGRAPHY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FOREST; HABITAT STRUCTURE; HYPOTHESIS; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TROPICAL RAIN FOREST;

COLOMBIA; ECOSYSTEM; ECUADOR; ENVIRONMENT; FERNS; GEOGRAPHY; MELASTOMATACEAE; PERU; SEASONS; SOIL; TREES;

BRAZIL;

EID: 0037428068     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1078037     Document Type: Article

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31. We thank numerous colleagues and students from the following institutions for participation in the fieldwork and other logistic support: Universidad Nacional de la Amazonia Peruana, Universidad Nacional San Antonio Abad del Cusco (Peru), Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador, Universidad de Los Andes (Colombia), and University of Aarhus (Denmark). We thank P. Legendre and D. Borcard for inspiring discussions on how to test the various hypotheses and R. Kalliola and L Schulman for constructive comments on the manuscript. Supported by the Academy of Finland, Commission of the European Union, Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland, Suomen kulttuurirahasto, and the Danish Center for Tropical Biodiversity.