Evidence for arrested succession in a liana-infested Amazonian forest

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 104, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 149-159

  Tymen, Blaise ^a   Réjou Méchain, Maxime ^a,b   Dalling, James W ^c,d   Fauset, Sophie ^e   Feldpausch, Ted R ^e,f   Norden, Natalia ^g,h,i   Phillips, Oliver L ^e   Turner, Benjamin L ^d   Viers, Jérôme ^j   Chave, Jérôme ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PAUL SABATIER   (France)

^b FRENCH INSTITUTE OF PONDICHERRY   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^d SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^g Fundación Cedrela   (Colombia)

^h UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE COLOMBIA   (Colombia)

ⁱ UNIVERSIDAD DEL ROSARIO   (Colombia)

^j Environmental Research Observatory (ORE) HYBAM Centre IRD d'Ile de France   (France)

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Author keywords

Above ground productivity; Biomass; Carbon turnover; Determinants of plant community diversity and structure; Forest dynamics; Forest structure; French Guiana; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; CARBON CYCLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DOMINANCE; FOREST DYNAMICS; GROWTH RESPONSE; LANDSAT; LIDAR; MORTALITY; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); REMOTE SENSING; STAND STRUCTURE; SUCCESSION; TROPICAL FOREST; TURNOVER; VINE;

AMAZONIA; FRENCH GUIANA;

EID: 84954425773     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: 13652745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2745.12504     Document Type: Article

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