Edaphic and floristic variation within a 1-ha plot of lowland Amazonian rain forest

Biotropica

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 468-478

  Poulsen, Axel Dalberg ^a   Tuomisto, Hanna ^b   Balslev, Henrik ^c  

^a ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Ecuador; Ground herbs; Local scale variability; Mantel test; Multiple regression; Palms; Soils; Species composition; Terrestrial pteridophytes, tropical rain forest

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; EVERGREEN FOREST; PLANT; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SOIL PROPERTY; TROPICAL FOREST;

ECUADOR; SOUTH AMERICA;

MAGNOLIOPHYTA; PTERIDOPHYTA;

EID: 33745034282     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: 17447429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.2006.00168.x     Document Type: Article

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