Successional patterns on tropical inselbergs: A case study on the Nouragues inselberg (French Guiana)

Flora: Morphology, Distribution, Functional Ecology of Plants

Volumn 204, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 396-407

  Sarthou, Corinne ^a   Kounda Kiki, Charlotte ^a   Vaçulik, Anne ^a   Mora, Philippe ^b   Ponge, Jean François ^a  

^a MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS EST CRÉTEIL   (France)

Author keywords

Clusia minor; Granite; Non equilibrium coexistence; Plant interactions; Rocky outcrops; Small scale disturbance

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; COEXISTENCE; FUNGUS; GRANITE; INSELBERG; PLANT COMMUNITY; PLANT-INSECT INTERACTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SUCCESSION; TERMITE; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; VEGETATION COVER;

FRENCH GUIANA; NOURAGUES; SOUTH AMERICA;

ANIMALIA; CLUSIA MINOR; FUNGI; ISOPTERA;

EID: 67349214021     PISSN: 03672530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.flora.2008.05.004     Document Type: Article

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