The várzea forests in Amazonia: Flooding and the highly dynamic geomorphology interact with natural forest succession

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 196, Issue 2-3, 2004, Pages 199-212

  Wittmann, Florian ^a   Junk, Wolfgang J ^a   Piedade, Maria T F ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Sedimentation; Soil texture; Species equitability; Species richness; Succession; V rzea

Indexed keywords

FLOODS; GEOMORPHOLOGY; RIVERS; SEDIMENTATION; SOILS;

NATURAL FORESTS; WHITE-WATER FORESTS;

FORESTRY;

FLOODING; GEOMORPHOLOGY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES RICHNESS; SUCCESSION;

AMAZONIA; BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 3042849058     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2004.02.060     Document Type: Article

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