Unanticipated effects of stand dynamism on amazonian tree diversity

Biotropica

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 429-434

  Laurance, Susan G W ^a,b   Andrade, Ana ^c   Laurance, William F ^b  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^c INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amazon; Brazil; Forest dynamics; Rain forest trees; Species richness; Tree turnover rates

Indexed keywords

DATA SET; RAINFOREST; SAND; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; STAND DYNAMICS; TROPICAL FOREST; TURNOVER;

AMAZON BASIN; BRAZIL;

EID: 77955046271     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: 17447429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.2009.00611.x     Document Type: Article

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