Variation in floristic composition, demography and above-ground biomass over a 20-year period in an Amazonian monodominant forest

Plant Ecology and Diversity

Volumn 7, Issue 1-2, 2014, Pages 293-303

  Nascimento, Marcelo T ^a   da Silva Carvalho, Lidiany C ^a   Barbosa, Reinaldo I ^b   Villela, Dora M ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDADE ESTADUAL DO NORTE FLUMINENSE DARCY RIBEIRO   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

biomass change; forest dynamics; Peltogyne forest; tree growth; turnover rate

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893318139     PISSN: 17550874     EISSN: 17551668     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17550874.2013.772673     Document Type: Article

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