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A comparison of the phytosociology and dynamics of three floodplain (Várzea) forests of known ages, Rio Juruá, western Brazilian Amazon
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For the 25 species with N≥ 10, habitat specialization as a function of the level of annual inundation was demonstrated, and for five of these species that occurred on plot 1, further refinement of niche as afunction of gradient was demonstrated.About:
This article is published in Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society.The article was published on 1992-03-01. It has received 173 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Phytosociology & Diameter at breast height.read more
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A Classification of Major Naturally-Occurring Amazonian Lowland Wetlands
Wolfgang J. Junk,Maria Teresa Fernandez Piedade,Jochen Schöngart,Mario Cohn-Haft,J. Marion Adeney,Florian Wittmann +5 more
TL;DR: In this paper, a classification system for large Amazonian wetland types based on climatic, hydrological, hydrochemical, and botanical parameters is proposed, which divides natural wetlands into one group with rather stable water levels and another with oscillating water levels.
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Delineation of inundated area and vegetation along the Amazon floodplain with the SIR-C synthetic aperture radar
TL;DR: The ability of multifrequency SAR to quantify in near realtime the extent of inundation on forested floodplains, and its potential application for timely monitoring of flood events is demonstrated.
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A spatial model of tree α-diversity and tree density for the Amazon
Hans ter Steege,Nigel C. A. Pitman,Daniel Sabatier,Hernán Castellanos,Peter van der Hout,Douglas C. Daly,Marcos Silveira,Oliver L. Phillips,Rodolfo Vasquez,Tinde van Andel,Joost F. Duivenvoorden,Alexandre Adalardo de Oliveira,Renske Ek,Ramesh Lilwah,Raquel Thomas,Jessica Van Essen,Cláudia Baider,Paul J. M. Maas,Scott A. Mori,John Terborgh,Percy Núñez Vargas,Hugo Mogollón,Wilfried Morawetz +22 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors present the first comprehensive spatial model of tree α-diversity and tree density in Amazonian rainforests, based on the largest-yet compilation of forest inventories and bolstered by a spatial interpolation technique that allows them to estimate diversity and density in areas that have never been inventoried.
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Tree species composition and diversity gradients in white‐water forests across the Amazon Basin
Florian Wittmann,Jochen Schöngart,Juan Carlos Montero,Thomas Motzer,Wolfgang J. Junk,Maria Teresa Fernandez Piedade,Helder Lima de Queiroz,Martin Worbes +7 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors investigated tree species composition, richness and diversity in the Amazonian white-water (varzea) forest, looking particularly at: (1) the flood-level gradient, (2) the successional stage (stand age), and (3) the geographical location of the forests.
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An analysis of the floristic composition and diversity of Amazonian forests including those of the Guiana Shield
Hans ter Steege,Daniel Sabatier,Hernán Castellanos,Tinde van Andel,Joost F. Duivenvoorden,Alexandre Adalardo de Oliveira,Renske Ek,Ramesh Lilwah,Paul J. M. Maas,Scott A. Mori +9 more
TL;DR: A large number of newly published and unpublished hectare plots in Amazonia and the Guiana Shield area allow an analysis of family composition and testing of hypotheses concerning alpha-diversity in the south American rain forest as mentioned in this paper.
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Ecology: Individuals Populations and Communities
TL;DR: A revised and updated edition of this textbook is presented in this paper, with a clear presentation of mathematical aspects and the material aims to be accessible to the undergraduate with little experience and also stimulating to practising ecologists.
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The Use of Distance Measures in Phytosociological Sampling
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River dynamics and the diversity of Amazon lowland forest
Jukka Salo,Risto Kalliola,I. Häkkinen,Yrjö Mäkinen,Pekka Niemelä,Maarit Puhakka,Phyllis D. Coley +6 more
TL;DR: In this paper, large-scale natural forest disturbance and primary succession in the lowland rainforests of the Peruvian Amazon is caused by lateral erosion and channel changes of meandering rivers.