Strategies of tree occupation at a local scale in terra firme forests in the Colombian Amazon

Biotropica

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 20-27

  Duque, Alvaro ^a,c   Cavelier, Jaime ^a,d   Posada, Alberto ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES   (Colombia)

^b Fundacion Tropenbos Colombia   (Colombia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d WORLD WILDLIFE FUND   (United States)

Author keywords

Amazonian forests; Beta diversity; Colombia; Physiographic units; Rare species; Species richness

Indexed keywords

CLIMBING PLANT; PLANT COMMUNITY; RARITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; TREE; TROPICAL FOREST;

COLOMBIA; RIO CAQUETA;

EID: 0038138107     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.2003.tb00258.x     Document Type: Article

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