Habitat association among Amazonian tree species: A landscape-scale approach

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 91, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 757-775

  Phillips, Oliver L ^a   Núñez Vargas, Percy ^b,c   Monteagudo, Abel Lorenzo ^c   Cruz, Antonio Peña ^d   Zans, Maria Elena Chuspe ^c   Sánchez, Washington Galiano ^c   Yli Halla, Markku ^e   Rose, Sam ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b Biodiversidad Amazónico ^*  (Peru)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE SAN ANTONIO ABAD DEL CUSCO   (Peru)

^d Jardín Botánico de Missouri Universidad Nacional de San Antonio Abad del Cusco   (Peru)

^e FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^f Volunteer Services Overseas   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Floristics; Forest; Soils; Spatial autocorrelation; Tree species composition

Indexed keywords

AUTOCORRELATION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TREE;

SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 0141958814     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2745.2003.00815.x     Document Type: Article

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