Commonness of Amazonian palm (Arecaceae) species: Cross-scale links and potential determinants

Acta Oecologica

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 554-562

  Kristiansen, Thea ^a   Svenning, Jens Christian ^a   Grández, César ^b   Salo, Jukka ^c   Balslev, Henrik ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA AMAZONÍA PERUANA   (Peru)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Abundance; Arecaceae; Commonness; Life history traits; Niche breadth; Niche position; Palms; Range size; Spatial scale; Western Amazon

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; DISPERSAL; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MONOCOTYLEDON; NICHE BREADTH; PHYTOGEOGRAPHY; RANGE SIZE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; STEM; TRANSECT;

AMAZONIA; SOUTH AMERICA;

ARECACEAE;

EID: 67349250340     PISSN: 1146609X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actao.2009.05.001     Document Type: Article

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