Spatial patterns in the understorey shrub genus Psychotria in central Amazonia: Effects of distance and topography

Journal of Tropical Ecology

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 363-374

  Kinupp, V F ^a,b   Magnusson, William E ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

^b Coordenação de Pesquisas em Ecologia ^*  (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amazonia; Biological survey; Landscape; Reserve design; Rubiaceae; Spatial autocorrelation; Species diversity; Topography; Tropical forest; Understorey

Indexed keywords

LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT; TROPICAL FOREST; UNDERSTORY;

AMAZONIA; SOUTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

PSYCHOTRIA; RUBIACEAE;

EID: 22744451216     PISSN: 02664674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0266467405002440     Document Type: Article

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