Phenology, fruit production and seed dispersal of Astrocaryum jauari (Arecaceae) in Amazonian black water floodplains

Phenology, fruit production and seed dispersal of Astrocaryum jauari (Arecaceae) in Amazonian black water floodplains

Astrocaryum jauari Mart. (Arecaceae) is one of the commonest palm species occurring in nutritionally poor Amazonian black water floodplains. It is an emergent or subcanopy tree that grows on river banks and slands, with a wide distribution along the entire flooding gradient, tolerating flood duratio...

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Main Authors: F. Piedade Maria Teresa, Pia Parolin, Wolfgang J Junk
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidad de Costa Rica 2006-12-01
Series:Revista de Biología Tropical
Subjects:
Astrocaryum jauari
llanura de inundación
Amazonía
Anavilhanas
Brasil
ictiocoria
barocoria
floodplains
Amazonia
Brazil
ichthyocory
barochory
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