Local plant species delimitation in a highly diverse Amazonian forest: Do we all see the same species?

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 70-79

  Gomes, Ana C S ^a   Andrade, Ana ^a   Barreto Silva, Juan S ^b   Brenes Arguedas, Tania ^c   López, Dairon C ^b   de Freitas, Camila C ^a   Lang, Carla ^a   de Oliveira, Alexandre A ^d   Pérez, Alvaro J ^e   Perez, Rolando ^c   da Silva, João B ^a   Silveira, Alexandra M F ^a   Vaz, Marcel C ^d   Vendrami, Juliana ^d   Vicentini, Alberto ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO AMAZÓNICO DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTÍFICAS SINCHI   (Colombia)

^c SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^e PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DEL ECUADOR   (Ecuador)

Author keywords

Botanical training; CTFS; Morphospecies; Plant inventories; Plot taxonomy

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CLASSIFICATION; DATA SET; FRAGMENTATION; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; MORPHOTYPE; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; PLANT; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TAXONOMY; TROPICAL FOREST;

AMAZONAS [BRAZIL]; BRAZIL;

EID: 84872418690     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: 16541103     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1654-1103.2012.01441.x     Document Type: Article

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