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Main Title An Amazonian rain forest : the structure and function of a nutrient stressed ecosystem and the impact of slash-and-burn agriculture /
Other Authors
Author Title of a Work
Jordan, C. F.
Publisher UNESCO ; Park Ridge, NJ, USA : Parthenon Pub. Group,
Year Published 1989
OCLC Number 19589904
ISBN 0940813823; 9780940813823; 1850702306; 9781850702306; 9231026291; 9789231026294
Subjects Rain forest ecology--Amazon River Region ; Shifting cultivation--Environmental aspects--Amazon River Region ; Forest productivity--Amazon River Region ; âEcologie des forãets pluviales--Venezuela--Amazonie ; Forãets--Productivité--Venezuela--Amazonie
Internet Access
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Status
EJBM  QH112.A45 1989 Headquarters Library/Washington,DC 12/14/1990
Collation xi, 176 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Notes
Includes bibliographical references (pages 159-172) and index.
Contents Notes
Description of the Amazon region and the San Carlos study site -- Nutrient stress, and the plant and animal communities near San Carlos -- Nutrient conserving mechanisms of the forest -- Comparisons of forests at San Carlos with those in other tropical regions -- Productivity and nutrient dynamics during slash-and-burn agriculture -- Productivity and nutrient dynamics during secondary succession -- Implications for management.