Plant composition in the Maya Biosphere Reserve: Natural and anthropogenic influences

Plant Ecology

Volumn 208, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 93-122

  Nesheim, Ingrid ^a   Halvorsen, Rune ^a   Nordal, Inger ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Low diversity forest; Maya Biosphere Reserve; Ordination analyses; Spatial structure; Species composition; Understory; Vines

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CANOPY; CORRESPONDENCE ANALYSIS; DISTURBANCE; FLORISTICS; LEGUME; LOWLAND ENVIRONMENT; NATURE RESERVE; RAINFOREST; SAMPLING; SHRUB; SOIL DRAINAGE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES-AREA RELATIONSHIP; UNDERSTORY; VINE;

GUATEMALA [CENTRAL AMERICA]; MAYA BIOSPHERE RESERVE; PETEN;

BIGNONIACEAE; FABACEAE; RUBIACEAE;

EID: 77951977919     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11258-009-9691-3     Document Type: Article

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