An analysis of the floristic composition and diversity of Amazonian forests including those of the Guiana Shield

dc.contributorUniversidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP)
dc.creatorTer Steege, H.
dc.creatorSabatier, D.
dc.creatorCastellanos, H.
dc.creatorVan Andel, T.
dc.creatorDuivenvoorden, J.
dc.creatorDe Oliveira, A. A.
dc.creatorEk, R.
dc.creatorLilwah, R.
dc.creatorMaas, P.
dc.creatorMori, S.
dc.date2014-05-20T15:19:52Z
dc.date2016-10-25T17:52:49Z
dc.date2014-05-20T15:19:52Z
dc.date2016-10-25T17:52:49Z
dc.date2000-11-01
dc.date.accessioned2017-04-05T23:22:32Z
dc.date.available2017-04-05T23:22:32Z
dc.identifierJournal of Tropical Ecology. New York: Cambridge Univ Press, v. 16, p. 801-828, 2000.
dc.identifier0266-4674
dc.identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/11449/31255
dc.identifierhttp://acervodigital.unesp.br/handle/11449/31255
dc.identifier10.1017/S0266467400001735
dc.identifierWOS:000166498000002
dc.identifierWOS000166498000002.pdf
dc.identifierhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0266467400001735
dc.identifier.urihttp://repositorioslatinoamericanos.uchile.cl/handle/2250/875840
dc.descriptionA large number of newly published and unpublished hectare plots in Amazonia and the Guiana Shield area allow an analysis of family composition and testing of hypotheses concerning alpha-diversity in the south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. Using data from 94 plots the family-level floristic patterns in wet tropical South America are described. To test diversity patterns, 268 plots are used in this large area. Contrary to a widely held belief, western Amazonian plots are not necessarily the most diverse. Several central Amazonian plots have equal or even higher tree diversity. Annual rainfall is not a good estimator for tree diversity in the Amazonia area and Guiana shield. Plots in the Guiana Shield area (and eastern Amazonia) usually have lower diversity than those in central or western Amazonia. It is argued that this is not because of low rainfall or low nutrient status of the soil but because of the small area of the relatively isolated rain forest area in eastern Amazonia and the Guiana Shield. The low diversity on nutrient-poor white sand soils in the Amazon basin is not necessarily due to their Low nutrient status but is, at least partly, caused by their small extent and fragmented nature.
dc.languageeng
dc.publisherCambridge University Press
dc.relationJournal of Tropical Ecology
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess
dc.subjectAmazonia
dc.subjectfloristic composition
dc.subjectGuiana Shield
dc.subjectrainfall
dc.subjecttree alpha diversity
dc.titleAn analysis of the floristic composition and diversity of Amazonian forests including those of the Guiana Shield
dc.typeOtro


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