Floristic composition, structure, and diversity of four forest plots in the Sierra Maigualida, Venezuelan Guayana

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 13, Issue 13, 2004, Pages 2453-2483

  Zent, Egleé L ^a   Zent, Stanford ^a  

^a INSTITUTO VENEZOLANO DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTÍFICAS   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Biodiversity plots; Floristic composition; Phytosociology; Sierra Maigualida; Species richness; Structure and diversity; Tropical forests; Venezuelan Guayana

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; PHYTOSOCIOLOGY; PLANT COMMUNITY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TROPICAL FOREST;

SIERRA MAIGUALIDA; SOUTH AMERICA; VENEZUELA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

BURSERACEAE; FABACEAE; FELINE IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; MORACEAE; SAPOTACEAE;

EID: 21944443995     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:BIOC.0000048447.40238.f2     Document Type: Article

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