How wide is the riparian zone of small streams in tropical forests? A test with terrestrial herbs

Journal of Tropical Ecology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 65-74

  Drucker, Debora Pignatari ^a   Costa, Flávia Regina Capellotto ^a   Magnusson, William E ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amazonia; Community ecology; Ecotone; Herbs; Riparian zone

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DETECTION METHOD; ECOTONE; HERB; RIPARIAN ZONE; STREAM; TESTING METHOD; TROPICAL FOREST; VALLEY; ZONATION;

AMAZONIA; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 37849029921     PISSN: 02664674     EISSN: 14697831     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0266467407004701     Document Type: Article

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