Disequilibrium and hyperdynamic tree turnover at the forest-cerrado transition zone in southern Amazonia

Plant Ecology and Diversity

Volumn 7, Issue 1-2, 2014, Pages 281-292

  Marimon, Beatriz S ^a   Marimon Junior, Ben Hur ^a   Feldpausch, Ted R ^b,c   Oliveira Santos, Claudinei ^a   Mews, Henrique A ^d   Lopez Gonzalez, Gabriela ^b   Lloyd, Jon ^b,e   Franczak, Daniel D ^d   de Oliveira, Edmar A ^a   Maracahipes, Leandro ^a   Miguel, Aline ^a   Lenza, Eddie ^a   Phillips, Oliver L ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDADE DO ESTADO DE MATO GROSSO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

^e JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

biomass; ecotone; forest dynamics; mortality; permanent sample plot; recruitment; tropical

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893298129     PISSN: 17550874     EISSN: 17551668     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17550874.2013.818072     Document Type: Article

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