Leaf decomposition and fine fuels in floodplain forests of the Rio Negro in the Brazilian Amazon

Journal of Tropical Ecology

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 455-458

  Dos Santos, Aline Ramos ^a   Nelson, Bruce Walker ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

^b NPA CFT   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amazonia; black water; Clitoria fairchildiana; forest litter layer; ground fire

Indexed keywords

DECOMPOSITION; FLOODPLAIN; FOREST FIRE; FUELWOOD; LEAF; LEGUME; MORTALITY; SOIL TEXTURE;

AMAZONIA; BRAZIL; RIO NEGRO [SOUTH AMERICA];

EID: 84884561004     PISSN: 02664674     EISSN: 14697831     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0266467413000485     Document Type: Article

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