Effects of the Flooding Gradient on Tree Community Diversity in Varzea Forests of the Purus River, Central Amazon, Brazil

被引:15
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作者
Luize, Bruno G. [1 ,2 ]
Silva, Thiago S. F. [4 ]
Wittmann, Florian [5 ]
Assis, Rafael L. [6 ]
Venticinque, Eduardo M. [3 ]
机构
[1] INPA, Natl Inst Amazonian Res, Grad Program Ecol, Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil
[2] Piagacu Inst, BR-69060095 Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil
[3] Fed Univ Rio Grande Norte UFRN, Dept Bot Ecol & Zool, Ctr Biosci, BR-59072970 Natal, RN, Brazil
[4] UNESP Univ Estadual Paulista, Inst Geociencias & Ciencias Exatas, Dept Geog, BR-13506900 Rio Claro, SP, Brazil
[5] Max Planck Inst Chem, D-55128 Mainz, Germany
[6] Norwegian Univ Life Sci NMBU, Dept Ecol & Nat Resource Management, N-1432 As, Norway
基金
巴西圣保罗研究基金会;
关键词
environmental gradient; flood pulse; floodplain forests; wetlands; SPECIES RICHNESS; FLOODPLAIN; DYNAMICS;
D O I
10.1111/btp.12203
中图分类号
Q14 [生态学(生物生态学)];
学科分类号
071012 ; 0713 ;
摘要
Amazonian floodplain forests have remarkable variation in tree diversity and structure related to flood duration. We assessed how floodplain forests respond to the continuum flooding gradient and found that Fisher's values vary up to seven times across the landscape.
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页码:137 / 142
页数:6
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