Determinants of tree species turnover in a southern Amazonian rain forest

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 284-295

  Guèze, Maximilien ^a   Paneque Gálvez, Jaime ^a   Luz, Ana C ^a   Pino, Joan ^b   Orta Martínez, Marti ^a   Reyes García, Victoria ^a,b   Macía, Manuel J ^c  

^a INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIA I TECNOLOGIA AMBIENTALS   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Dispersal limitation; Environmental variables; Geographical distances; Lowland Bolivia; Niche factors; Plant community assembly; Soil variables

Indexed keywords

DISPERSAL; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; FLORISTICS; LOWLAND ENVIRONMENT; NICHE; OLD-GROWTH FOREST; PHOSPHORUS; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; PLANT COMMUNITY; RAINFOREST; SOIL PROPERTY; TREE; TURNOVER; UNDERSTORY;

BENI; BOLIVIA;

EID: 84872965161     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: 16541103     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1654-1103.2012.01461.x     Document Type: Article

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