Grass-dominated vegetation, not species-diverse natural savanna, replaces degraded tropical forests on the southern edge of the Amazon Basin

Biological Conservation

Volumn 144, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1419-1429

  Veldman, Joseph W ^a,b   Putz, Francis E ^a,b  

^a Instituto Boliviano de Investigacion Forestal Bolivia   (Bolivia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Amazon die back; Brachiaria brizantha; C4 photosynthesis; Chiquitano dry forest; Invasive species; Panicum maximum

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; BAMBOO; C4 PLANT; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DEFORESTATION; DEGRADATION; DOMINANCE; DRY FOREST; GRASS; INVASIVE SPECIES; LAND USE; LANDSAT THEMATIC MAPPER; NATIVE SPECIES; PASTURE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; REFORESTATION; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SAVANNA; SOIL FERTILITY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TROPICAL FOREST; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

AMAZON BASIN; BOLIVIA;

ANADENANTHERA COLUBRINA; ATTALEA; BRACHIARIA; COLUBRINA; CURATELLA AMERICANA; DIGITARIA (ANGIOSPERM); DIGITARIA INSULARIS; GUADUA PANICULATA; HYPTIS; HYPTIS SUAVEOLENS; IMPERATA BRASILIENSIS; LAMIACEAE; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; PANICUM MAXIMUM; UROCHLOA; UROCHLOA BRIZANTHA;

EID: 79956219215     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2011.01.011     Document Type: Article

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