Effects of selective logging on the diversity and abundance of flowering and fruiting understory plants in a Central Amazonian forest

Biotropica

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 103-114

  Costa, Flávia R C ^a   Magnusson, William E ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amazonia; Brazil; Herbs; Logging intensity; Reproduction; Selective logging; Shrubs; Tropical forest; Understory

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; FLOWERING; FRUITING; SELECTIVE LOGGING; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TROPICAL FOREST; UNDERSTORY;

AMAZONAS STATE; BRAZIL; MANAUS;

ANIMALIA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

EID: 0038138097     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.2003.tb00267.x     Document Type: Article

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