Tree communities of white-sand and terra-firme forests of the upper Rio Negro;Comunidades de árvores em florestas de campinarana e de terra-firme do alto rio negro

Acta Amazonica

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 521-544

  Stropp, Juliana ^a   van der Sleen, Peter ^b   Assunçc̃o, Paulo Apóstolo ^c   da Silva, Adeilson Lopes ^d   ter Steege, Hans ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c Autonoumos ^*  (Brazil)

^d Instituto Socioambiental   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Terra firme forest; Tree communities; Tree inventory plots; Upper rio negro; White sand forest

Indexed keywords

EID: 80054682563     PISSN: 00445967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0044-59672011000400010     Document Type: Article

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