A comparison of tree species diversity in two upper Amazonian forests

Ecology

Volumn 83, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 3210-3224

  Pitman, Nigel C A ^a   Terborgh, John W ^a   Silman, Miles R ^b   Núñez V , Percy ^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; Manu National Park, Peru; National Park, Ecuador; Peru; Species diversity; Tropical forests; Tropical trees; Yasun

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TREE; TROPICAL FOREST;

AMAZON BASIN; BRAZIL; ECUADOR; MANU NATIONAL PARK; PERU; YASUNI NATIONAL PARK;

CHANNA MELASOMA; IRIARTEA DELTOIDEA; LAURACEAE; MELASTOMATACEAE; MYRTACEAE;

EID: 0038138030     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(2002)083[3210:ACOTSD]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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