Tree species diversity and forest structure in relation to microtopography in a tropical freshwater swamp forest in French Guiana

Plant Ecology

Volumn 173, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 17-32

  Koponen, Piia ^a   Nygren, Pekka ^a,b   Sabatier, Daniel ^c   Rousteau, Alain ^d   Saur, Etienne ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^c INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DES ANTILLES ET DE LA GUYANE   (France)

^e ENITA de Bordeaux   (France)

Author keywords

Flooding; Legume trees; Nodulation; Sinnamary basin; Species richness; Waterlogging

Indexed keywords

FLOODING; MICROTOPOGRAPHY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SWAMP FOREST; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

FRENCH GUIANA; SINNAMARY RIVER; SOUTH AMERICA;

CARAIPA; CARYOCAR; DIOSPYROS; DIOSPYROS VIRGINIANA; INGA; LECYTHIS; PTEROCARPUS; PTEROCARPUS OFFICINALIS;

EID: 3543028699     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:VEGE.0000026328.98628.b8     Document Type: Article

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