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| Quaresma,Adriano C.; Piedade,Maria Teresa F.; Feitosa,Yuri Oliveira; Wittmann,Florian; Steege,Hans ter. |
| ABSTRACT Research focusing on assemblages of vascular epiphytes in the Amazon are scarce. This is especially true for Amazonian floodplain forests, for which only two previous studies have been published. We compared composition, richness and structure of epiphyte assemblages in white-water and black-water floodplains (várzea and igapó) in Central Amazonia in order to close knowledge gaps concerning the distribution and richness of epiphytes. We established sixteen 25x25 m plots in each forest type, and counted and identified all species of vascular epiphytes occurring on trees with a diameter at breast height (DBH) ≥10 cm. We observed a clear distinction in epiphytic species composition (r2=0.83, p=0.001) and diversity (t=3.24, P=0.003) between the two... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Amazon; Biodiversity; Floodplains; Igapó forests; Várzea forests. |
| Ano: 2017 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-33062017000400686 |
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