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| Magnusson,William E.; Lima,Albertina P.; Luizão,Regina; Luizão,Flávio; Costa,Flávia R. C.; Castilho,Carolina Volkmer de; Kinupp,V. F.. |
| Our objectives were to develop a method that would be appropriate for long-term ecological studies, but that would permit rapid surveys to evaluate biotic complementarity and land-use planning in Amazonia. The Amazon basin covers about 7 million km². Therefore, even a sparse coverage, with one sample site per 10.000 km², would require about 700 sampling sites. Financial considerations limit the number of sites and investment at each site, but incomplete coverage makes evaluation of biotic complementarity difficult or impossible (Reddy & Dávalos 2003). Our next challenge is to install similar systems throughout Amazonia. The cost, based on modification of Al Gentry's original design is moderate (less than US$ 50.000 per site if it is not necessary... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Tropical forest; Inventory; Plot size; Plot shape; Biotic complementarity; Survey; Land-use planning. |
| Ano: 2005 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1676-06032005000300002 |
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