Floristic, edaphic and structural characteristics of flooded and unflooded forests in the lower Rio Purús region of central Amazonia, Brazil

Acta Amazonica

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 25-36

  Haugaasen, Torbjørn ^a   Peres, Carlos Augusto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amazonia; Floodplain forest; Floristic composition; Forest structure; Soil nutrients

Indexed keywords

EUPHORBIA; EUPHORBIACEAE; LECYTHIDACEAE;

EID: 33646265251     PISSN: 00445967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0044-59672006000100005     Document Type: Article

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