B3 Non-refereed article in a conference publication
Habitat diversity and the distribution of species in the rain forests of Peruvian Amazonia
Authors: Tuomisto H
Editors: Guillaumet Jean-Louis, Belin M., Puig H.
Conference name: Colloque international de phytogéographie tropicale
Publication year: 1996
Book title : Phytogéographie tropicale : réalités et perspectives
Journal name in source: TROPICAL PHYOTOGEOGRAPHY
Series title: Institut Francais de Recherche Scientifique pour le Developpement en Cooperation. Colloques et Seminaires
First page : 345
Last page: 352
Number of pages: 7
ISBN: 2-7099-1356-9
ISSN: 0767-2896
Abstract
Amazonia consists of a complex mosaic of areas with different geological histories. Consequently, different kinds of soils are found in different areas, and both the nature and activity of present-day geological processes show wide variation. In recent years, botanical research in Amazonia has paid increasing attention to the effects of the geological and geomorphological conditions on the distribution of plant species and vegetation types. The present paper summarizes such results from Peruvian Amazonia.
Amazonia consists of a complex mosaic of areas with different geological histories. Consequently, different kinds of soils are found in different areas, and both the nature and activity of present-day geological processes show wide variation. In recent years, botanical research in Amazonia has paid increasing attention to the effects of the geological and geomorphological conditions on the distribution of plant species and vegetation types. The present paper summarizes such results from Peruvian Amazonia.
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