Tree species composition, structure, and aboveground wood biomass of a riparian forest of the lower miranda river, Southern Pantanal, Brazil

Folia Geobotanica

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 397-411

  Wittmann, Florian ^a   Zorzi, Bianca Thaís ^b   Tizianel, Fernando Augusto Tambelini ^b   Urquiza, Marcus Vinicius Santiago ^b   Faria, Rogério Rodrigues ^b   e Sousa, Nathália Machado ^b   Módena, Érica de Souza ^b   Gamarra, Roberto Macedo ^b   Rosa, Augusto Lisboa Martins ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MATO GROSSO DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Above ground wood volume; Flooding gradient; Floodplain forest; Pantanal; Resprouting; Species distribution; Wood specific gravity

Indexed keywords

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; CARBON CYCLE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; FLOODING; FLOODPLAIN FOREST; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; RESPROUTING; RIPARIAN FOREST; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TREE; WOOD;

BRAZIL; MATO GROSSO DO SUL; MIRANDA RIVER; SOUTH AMERICA;

CECROPIA; CECROPIA PACHYSTACHYA; INGA VERA; OCOTEA; OCOTEA SUAVEOLENS; TABEBUIA; TABEBUIA HEPTAPHYLLA;

EID: 67649408917     PISSN: 12119520     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12224-008-9022-9     Document Type: Article

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