Inferred causes of tree mortality in fragmented and intact Amazonian forests

Journal of Tropical Ecology

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 243-246

  D'Angelo, Sammya A ^a   Andrade, Ana C S ^a   Laurance, Susan G ^a,b   Laurance, William F ^a,b   Mesquita, Rita C G ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

^b SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

Author keywords

Amazon; Biomass; Edge effect; Forest dynamics; Habitat fragmentation; Microclimate; Rain forest; Tree demography; Windthrow

Indexed keywords

MORTALITY; RAINFOREST; TREE; WINDTHROW;

AMAZONIA; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 1942478490     PISSN: 02664674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0266467403001032     Document Type: Article

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