Vegetation and soils of tidal floodplains of the Amazon estuary: A comparison of várzea and terra firme forests in Pará, Brazil

Journal of Tropical Forest Science

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 420-437

  Montagnini, Florencia ^a,b   Muñiz Miret, Nuria ^a,c  

^a Yale School of the Environment   (United States)

^b CATIE   (Costa Rica)

^c TRC Environmental Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

Amazon estuary; Soil chemistry; Terra firme; Tidal flood plain; V rzea; Vegetation composition

Indexed keywords

EID: 0242265167     PISSN: 01281283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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