Research report 2006 - Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology
Diversity and sustainable management of Amazonian floodplain forests
Authors
Schöngart, Jochen; Wittmann, Florian; Junk, Wolfgang J.
Departments
Tropenökologie (W. Junk) (Dr. Wolfgang Junk)
MPI für Evolutionsbiologie, Plön
Summary
Amazonian floodplain forests are endangered due to their easy accessibility, nutrient-rich soils and richness in natural resources. Information on diversity, dynamics and tree growth in relation to environmental factors is the basis for the development of sustainable management concepts to guarantee their multiple ecological functions and at the same time the supply of natural resources for the local populations.