Tropical rainforest palm communities in Madre de Dios in Amazonian Peru

We studied palm communities, in particular species-richness and abundance, in the tropical rainforests in southeastern Peru in 54 transects (5×500m) covering an area of 13.5 hectares in flood plain, terra firme, terrace and premontane hills. We found 42 palm species in 18 genera in the transects. Te...

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Main Authors: Henrik Balslev, Per Laumark, Dennis Pedersen, Cesar Grández
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos 2016-05-01
Series:Revista Peruana de Biología
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Online Access:http://revistasinvestigacion.unmsm.edu.pe/index.php/rpb/article/view/11828