Spatial distribution and environmental preferences of the piassaba palm Aphandra natalia (Arecaceae) along the Pastaza and Urituyacu rivers in Peru

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 213, Issue 1-3, 2005, Pages 175-183

  Boll, Thomas ^a   Svenning, Jens Christian ^a   Vormisto, Jaana ^a   Normand, Signe ^a   Grández, César ^b   Balslev, Henrik ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA AMAZONÍA PERUANA   (Peru)

Author keywords

Dispersal limitation; Ecological sustainability; Extractivism; Fibre plants; Non timber forest products; Palms; Recruitment; Resource availability; Tropical rainforest

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; MOISTURE; RAIN; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RIVERS; SOILS; SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY;

PALM; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

FORESTRY;

DISPERSAL; HABITAT SELECTION; NONTIMBER FOREST PRODUCT; RAINFOREST; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY;

FORESTRY; RAIN; RIVERS; TOPOGRAPHY;

PERU; SOUTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

APHANDRA; APHANDRA NATALIA;

EID: 20544444998     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2005.03.020     Document Type: Article

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