Fugitive and possessive establishment strategies in Amazonian floodplain pioneers

Flora

Volumn 198, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 436-443

  Parolin, Pia ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Amazonian floodplain; Cecropia latiloba; Establishment strategy; Pioneer; Senna reticulata; V rzea

Indexed keywords

FLOODPLAIN FOREST; GROWTH; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; PIONEER SPECIES; PLANT ARCHITECTURE; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY;

AMAZONIA; BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA;

CECROPIA; CECROPIA LATILOBA; SENNA; SENNA RETICULATA;

EID: 0345735949     PISSN: 03672530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/0367-2530-00117     Document Type: Article

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