Central amazonian floodplain forests: Tree adaptations in a pulsing system

Botanical Review

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 357-380

  Parolin, P ^a   De Simone, O ^a   Haase, K ^a   Waldhoff, D ^b   Rottenberger, S ^c   Kuhn, U ^c   Kesselmeier, J ^c   Kleiss, B ^c   Schmidt, W ^d   Piedade, M T F ^e   Junk, W J ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

^e INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

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EID: 19944377823     PISSN: 00068101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1663/0006-8101(2004)070[0357:CAFFTA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Review

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