Pattern and process in Amazon tree turnover, 1976–2001

L. Phillips, Oliver; R. Baker, Timothy; Arroyo, Luzmila; Higuchi, Níro; J. Killeen, Timothy; F. Laurance, William; L. Lewis, Simon; Lloyd, Jon; Malhi, Yadvinder; Monteagudo, Abel; Neill, David; Núñez Vargas, Percy; Natalino Macedo Silva, José; Terborgh, John; Vásquez Martínez, R.; N. Alexiades, Miguel; Almeida, S.; Brown, Sandra; Chave, Jérôme; A. Comiskey, James; I. Czimczik, C.; Di Fiore, Anthony; Erwin, T.; Kuebler, Caroline; G. W. Laurance, Susan; Eduardo Mendonça Nascimento, Henrique; Olivier, Berend; A. Palacios, Walter; Patiño, S.; C. A. Pitman, Nigel; A. Quesada, C.; Saldias, Mario; Torres Lezama, A.; Vinceti, Barbara

doi:10.1098/rstb.2003.1438

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Pattern and process in Amazon tree turnover, 1976–2001

Published in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences • Mar 29, 2004

Authors:

Oliver L. Phillips

Timothy R. Baker

Luzmila Arroyo

Abstract

Previous work has shown that tree turnover, tree biomass and large liana densities have increased in mature tropical forest plots in the late twentieth century. These results point to a concerted shift in forest ecological processes that may already be having significant impacts on terrestrial carbo...

Subject

Amazon rainforest

Ecology

Liana

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