Mesoscale gradients of herb richness and abundance in central Amazonia

Biotropica

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 711-717

  Costa, Flávia R C ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amazon; Competition; Environmental gradients; Establishment windows; Marantaceae; Pteridophytes; Tropical wet forest; Understory plants

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; HERB; POPULATION DENSITY; SOIL FERTILITY; SOIL NUTRIENT; SPECIES RICHNESS; TOPOGRAPHY; UNDERSTORY;

AMAZONAS [BRAZIL]; BRAZIL; DUCKE RESERVE; SOUTH AMERICA;

CAREX; MARANTACEAE; PTERIDOPHYTA;

EID: 33750349893     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: 17447429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.2006.00211.x     Document Type: Article

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