Leguminosae along 2-25 years of secondary forest succession after slash-and-burn agriculture and in mature rain forest of central amazonia

Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society

Volumn 135, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 388-400

  Gehring, Christoph ^a   Muniz, Francisca Helena ^a   De Souza, Luis Augusto Gomes ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDADE ESTADUAL DO MARANHÃO   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

BNF; Brazil; Inga; Legumes; Lianas; Machaerium; Resilience; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

CHRONOSEQUENCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; LEGUME; NITROGEN CYCLE; NITROGEN FIXATION; RAINFOREST; REGROWTH; SECONDARY FOREST; SHIFTING CULTIVATION; SUCCESSION; TAXONOMY; VINE;

BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA;

FABACEAE; INGA; MACHAERIUM;

EID: 53949087399     PISSN: 10955674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3159/08-RA-032.1     Document Type: Article

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