A classification of major naturally-occurring amazonian lowland wetlands

Wetlands

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 623-640

  Junk, Wolfgang J ^d   Piedade, Maria Teresa Fernandez ^a   Schöngart, Jochen ^b   Cohn Haft, Mario ^a   Adeney, J Marion ^c   Wittmann, Florian ^b  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Amazon basin; Higher vegetation; Hydrology; Water types

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE; LOWLAND ENVIRONMENT; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; SOIL FERTILITY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; VEGETATION COVER; WATER LEVEL; WETLAND; WETLAND MANAGEMENT;

AMAZON BASIN;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 80955135102     PISSN: 02775212     EISSN: 19436246     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13157-011-0190-7     Document Type: Article

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