Germination characteristics and establishment of trees from central Amazonian flood plains

Tropical Ecology

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 155-167

  Parolin, Pia ^a   Ferreira, L V ^b   Junk, W J ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b MUSEU PARAENSE EMÍLIO GOELDI   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Flood plain forest; Flooding gradient; Seed germination; Seedling establishment; Submergence; Survival strategies

Indexed keywords

FLOODPLAIN FOREST; GERMINATION; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; SUBMERGENCE; SURVIVAL; TROPICAL FOREST;

AMAZONIA; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 1642346229     PISSN: 05643295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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