Above-ground biomass changes over an 11-year period in an Amazon monodominant forest and two other lowland forests

Plant Ecology

Volumn 192, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 181-191

  Nascimento, Marcelo T ^a   Barbosa, Reinaldo I ^b   Villela, Dora M ^a   Proctor, John ^c  

^a Centro de Biociencias e Biotecnologia   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amazonia; Biomass increment; Monodominance; Peltogyne gracilipes

Indexed keywords

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; ABUNDANCE; ANGIOSPERM; GROWTH; MORTALITY; RECRUITMENT; SOIL TYPE;

AMAPA; BRAZIL; MARACA ISLAND; SOUTH AMERICA;

ECCLINUSA; FABACEAE; LECYTHIS; LICANIA; PELTOGYNE; PELTOGYNE GRACILIPES; PRADOSIA;

EID: 34548496881     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11258-007-9303-z     Document Type: Article

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