Understanding small-scale disturbances in guayana's montane forests: Gap characterization in the Sierra de Lema, Venezuela

Interciencia

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 272-280

  Rangel, Cristabel Durán ^a,b,c,d   Reif, Albert ^b,e,f   Hernández, Lionel ^a,d,g  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES   (Venezuela)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL EXPERIMENTAL DE GUAYANA   (Venezuela)

^d University of Wuerzburg ^*  (Venezuela)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

^g UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Gap formationm; Gap structure; Guayana; Sierra de Lema; Small scale disturbance; Tropical forest; Venezuela

Indexed keywords

LEMA;

EID: 79953868872     PISSN: 03781844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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