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Mapping species-habitat associations in lowland Amazonia: an across-scale perspective with biogeographical implications
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Moulatlet, Gabriel Massaine |
| Copyright Year | 2017 |
| Abstract | ................................................................................................................. 4 TIIVISTELMÄ ............................................................................................................. 5 LIST OF ORIGINAL PUBLICATIONS ................................................................... 6 1. INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................... 8 2. BACKGROUND AND AIMS .............................................................................. 11 2.1 Topography and community composition at the local scale ........................... 11 2.2 Geologically driven environmental conditions and community composition at the regional scale ................................................................... 13 2.3 Amazonian biogeographical barriers .............................................................. 14 2.4 Soil heterogeneity across Amazonia: an assessment of available soil maps and datasets ........................................................................................... 16 2.5 Aims and ecological questions ........................................................................ 17 3. METHODS ............................................................................................................. 19 3.1 Study area ........................................................................................................ 19 3.2 Field data ......................................................................................................... 20 3.3 Digital data ...................................................................................................... 22 3.4 Data analysis ................................................................................................... 24 4. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION ............................................................................ 26 4.1 Floristic patterns along environmental gradients ............................................ 26 4.2 Biogeographical patterns of species distribution ............................................ 28 4.3 Correspondence between soil maps and species-edaphic affiliations ............ 29 5. CONCLUSIONS .................................................................................................... 31 6. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS .................................................................................... 32 REFERENCES ........................................................................................................... 34 ORIGINAL PUBLICATIONS .................................................................................. 43 |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://www.utupub.fi/bitstream/handle/10024/144203/Moulatlet2017DISS.pdf?isAllowed=y&sequence=1 |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
