Linking floristic patterns with soil heterogeneity and satellite imagery in Ecuadorian Amazonia

Ecological Applications

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 352-371

  Tuomisto, Hanna ^a   Poulsen, Axel Dalberg ^b   Ruokolainen, Kalle ^a   Moran, Robbin C ^b,d   Quintana, Catalina ^c   Celi, Jorge ^c   Cañas, Gustavo ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DEL ECUADOR   (Ecuador)

^d NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN   (United States)

Author keywords

Amazonia; Floristic composition; Mantel test; Melastomataceae; Principal coordinates analysis; Pteridophytes; Satellite imagery; Soils; Species richness; Tropical rain forest

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; HETEROGENEITY; LANDSAT THEMATIC MAPPER; RAINFOREST; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

AMAZONIA; ECUADOR;

FILICOPHYTA; MELASTOMATACEAE; PTERIDOPHYTA;

EID: 0038038729     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/1051-0761(2003)013[0352:LFPWSH]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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