Pattern and process in Amazon tree turnover, 1976-2001

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 359, Issue 1443, 2004, Pages 381-407

  Phillips, O L ^a   Baker, T R ^a,b   Arroyo, L ^c,d   Higuchi, N ^e   Killeen, T J ^c,f   Laurance, W F ^e,g   Lewis, S L ^a,h   Lloyd, J ^b   Malhi, Y ^h   Monteagudo, A ^i,j   Neill, D A ^d   Nunez Vargas P ⁱ   Silva, J N M ^k,l   Terborgh, J ^m   Vasquez Martinez R ^j   Alexiades, M ⁿ   Almeida, S ^o   Brown, S ^p   Chave, J ^q   Comiskey, J A ^r   Czimczik, C I ^b   Di Fiore, A ^s   Erwin, T ^r   Kuebler, C ^f   Laurance, S G ^e,g   Nascimento, H E M ^e,g   Olivier, J ^q   Palacios, W ^t   Patino S ^b,u   Pitman, N C A ⁿ   Quesada, C A ^b,v   Saldias, M ^c   Torres Lezama, A ^w   Vinceti, B ^x   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOGEOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^c Museo Noel Kempff Mercado   (Bolivia)

^d MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN   (United States)

^e INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

^f Betty and Gordon Moore Center for Science and Oceans   (United States)

^g SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^h UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE SAN ANTONIO ABAD DEL CUSCO   (Peru)

^j Herbario Selva Central Oxapampa HOXA de la estación Biológica del Jardín Botánico de Missouri   (Peru)

^k CIFOR   (Brazil)

^l EMBRAPA AMAZÔNIA ORIENTAL   (Brazil)

^m DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁿ NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN   (United States)

^o MUSEU PARAENSE EMÍLIO GOELDI   (Brazil)

^p WINROCK INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^q CNRS   (France)

^r SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION   (United States)

^s NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^t Fundacion Jatun Sacha   (Ecuador)

^u INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIÓN DE RECURSOS BIOLÓGICOS ALEXANDER VON HUMBOLDT   (Colombia)

^v UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

^w UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES   (Venezuela)

^x International Plant Genetic Resources Institute Maccarese   (Italy)

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Author keywords

Amazonia; Dynamics; Forest; Mortality; Recruitment; Tree turnover

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; MORTALITY; RECRUITMENT; TREE; TURNOVER;

AMAZONIA; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 12144289624     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2003.1438     Document Type: Conference Paper

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