Distribution and population structure of four Central Amazonian high-várzea timber species

Wetlands Ecology and Management

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 665-677

  da Silva Marinho, Tatiana Andreza ^a   Piedade, Maria T F ^a   Wittmann, Florian ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Establishment; Floodplain forest; Forest management; Population structure; Species distribution; V rzea

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ACCLIMATION; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; EVERGREEN TREE; FLOODING; FLOODPLAIN; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; GROWTH RATE; HARVESTING; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SAPLING; SHADE TOLERANCE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SUSTAINABILITY; TIMBER;

AMAZONAS [BRAZIL]; BRAZIL; MATO GROSSO; VARZEA GRANDE;

GUAREA GUIDONIA; HURA CREPITANS; OCOTEA; STERCULIA; STERCULIA APETALA;

EID: 78649779732     PISSN: 09234861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11273-010-9186-y     Document Type: Article

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