Interactive effects of flooding and forest gap formation on tree composition and abundance in the Peruvian Amazon

Folia Geobotanica

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-9

  Myster, Randall W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Lowland wet tropical rainforest; LTER; Tamshiyacu Tahuayo; Terra firme

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; FLOODING; GAP DYNAMICS; RAINFOREST; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; TREE;

AMAZONAS [PERU]; LORETO; PERU; SOUTH AMERICA; TAMSHIYACU TAHUAYO COMMUNAL RESERVE;

EID: 33846959486     PISSN: 12119520     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02835099     Document Type: Article

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