Floristic and functional affiliations of woody plants with climate in western Amazonia

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 939-950

  Butt, Nathalie ^a   Malhi, Yadvinder ^a   Phillips, Oliver ^b   New, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amazon forest; Community composition; Dry season intensity; Precipitation gradient; Relative abundance; Shade tolerance

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DROUGHT STRESS; DRY SEASON; FLORISTICS; RANGE SIZE; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SHADE TOLERANCE; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; WOODY PLANT;

AMAZONIA; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 42349084356     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: 13652699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2007.01878.x     Document Type: Article

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