Changes in structure and composition of evergreen forests on an altitudinal gradient in the Venezuelan Guayana Shield

Revista de Biologia Tropical

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 11-33

  Hernández, Lionel ^a   Dezzeo, Nelda ^b   Sanoja, Elio ^a   Salazar, Leandro ^a   Castellanos, Hernán ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL EXPERIMENTAL DE GUAYANA   (Venezuela)

^b INSTITUTO VENEZOLANO DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTÍFICAS   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Altitudinal gradient; Floristic composition; Forest structure; Venezuelan Guayana

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860589054     PISSN: 00347744     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15517/rbt.v60i1.2360     Document Type: Article

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