Are floristic and edaphic patterns in Amazonian rain forests congruent for trees, pteridophytes and Melastomataceae?

Journal of Tropical Ecology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 13-25

  Ruokolainen, Kalle ^a   Tuomisto, Hanna ^a   Macía, Manuel J ^a,b   Higgins, Mark A ^a,c   Yli Halla, Markku ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b CSIC   (Spain)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Amazonia; Beta diversity; Indicator species; Melastomataceae; Pteridophytes; Soil; Trees; Tropical rain forest; Vegetation inventory

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIODIVERSITY; CLAY SOIL; CORRELATION; DICOTYLEDON; ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATOR; FLORISTICS; FOREST INVENTORY; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; LOAM; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PTERIDOPHYTE; RAINFOREST; SOIL QUALITY;

AMAZONIA; SOUTH AMERICA;

MELASTOMATACEAE; PTERIDOPHYTA;

EID: 33846215023     PISSN: 02664674     EISSN: 14697831     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0266467406003889     Document Type: Article

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