Habitat diversity and the distribution of species in the rain forests of Peruvian Amazonia
: Tuomisto H
: Guillaumet Jean-Louis, Belin M., Puig H.
: Colloque international de phytogéographie tropicale
: 1996
: Phytogéographie tropicale : réalités et perspectives
: TROPICAL PHYOTOGEOGRAPHY
: Institut Francais de Recherche Scientifique pour le Developpement en Cooperation. Colloques et Seminaires
: 345
: 352
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: 0767-2896
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.