Tree species distribution in várzea forests of Brazilian Amazonia

Folia Geobotanica

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 371-383

  Parolin, Pia ^a   Ferreira, Leandro Valle ^b   Albernaz, Ana L K M ^b   Almeida, Samuel S ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b MUSEU PARAENSE EMÍLIO GOELDI   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Flood gradient; Inventories; Whitewater floodplain forest; Zonation

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; FLOODPLAIN FOREST; FLORISTICS; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES INVENTORY; ZONATION;

AMAZONAS [BRAZIL]; AMAZONIA; BELEM; BRAZIL; MAMIRAUA SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT RESERVE; MANAUS; PARA [BRAZIL]; SOUTH AMERICA; TEFE; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 11044223988     PISSN: 12119520     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02803209     Document Type: Article

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