Local hydrological conditions explain floristic composition in lowland amazonian forests

Biotropica

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 395-403

  Moulatlet, Gabriel M ^a,b   Costa, Flávia R C ^a   Rennó, Camilo D ^c   Emilio, Thaise ^a   Schietti, Juliana ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^c INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Drainage potential; Environmental gradients; Purus Madeira; Soil fertility; Understory herbs; Vertical distance to the nearest drainage

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DRAINAGE; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; FLORISTICS; HERB; HYDROLOGICAL REGIME; LOWLAND ENVIRONMENT; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SOIL FERTILITY; SOIL PROFILE; UNDERSTORY;

AMAZONIA;

EID: 84903435062     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: 17447429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/btp.12117     Document Type: Article

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