The riverscape of Western Amazonia - A quantitative approach to the fluvial biogeography of the region

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1374-1387

  Toivonen, Tuuli ^a,b   Mäki, Sanna ^b   Kalliola, Risto ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Biogeography; Fluvial patterns; Landsat TM; Landscape ecology; Riverscape; Upper Amazon; Western Amazonia

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; BIOTA; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; HABITAT CORRIDOR; LANDSAT THEMATIC MAPPER; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; LOWLAND ENVIRONMENT; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; RIVER SYSTEM; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPECIES RICHNESS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; THEMATIC MAPPING;

AMAZON RIVER; AMAZONIA; BOLIVIA; BRAZIL; COLOMBIA; ECUADOR; PERU; SOUTH AMERICA; VENEZUELA;

EID: 34447644190     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: 13652699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2007.01741.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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