How much variation in tree mortality is predicted by soil and topography in Central Amazonia?

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 262, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 331-338

  De Toledo, José Julio ^a   Magnusson, William E ^a   Castilho, Carolina V ^b   Nascimento, Henrique E M ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

^b EMBRAPA CERRADOS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Climatic disturbances; Forest dynamics; Permanent plots; Tree sizes; Tropical forest

Indexed keywords

CLIMATIC DISTURBANCES; FOREST DYNAMICS; PERMANENT PLOTS; TREE SIZE; TROPICAL FOREST;

LANDFORMS; SOILS; STORMS; SURVEYS; TOPOGRAPHY;

PLANT EXTRACTS;

CLAY SOIL; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; MORPHOLOGY; MORTALITY; TOPOGRAPHIC MAPPING; TROPICAL FOREST;

AMAZONAS [BRAZIL]; BRAZIL; DUCKE RESERVE;

EID: 79958048835     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2011.03.039     Document Type: Article

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