THE SAPOTACEAE OF A LOWLAND RAINFOREST: DIVERSITY AND DISTRIBUTION IN THE LOS AMIGOS WATERSHED, MADRE DE DIOS, PERU

The Sapotaceae is a highly diverse and abundant family of large tropical trees that have a significant ecological importance in lowland tropical forests worldwide. The goal of this study is to inventory Sapotaceae species of the Los Amigos River watershed, and investigate local variations of species...

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Main Author:	Waltke, Andrew
Other Authors:	John Janovec
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Published:	Texas Christian University 2008
Subjects:	College of Science and Engineering
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spelling	ndltd-TCU-oai-etd.tcu.edu-etd-04242008-1338062013-01-08T02:48:37Z THE SAPOTACEAE OF A LOWLAND RAINFOREST: DIVERSITY AND DISTRIBUTION IN THE LOS AMIGOS WATERSHED, MADRE DE DIOS, PERU Waltke, Andrew College of Science and Engineering The Sapotaceae is a highly diverse and abundant family of large tropical trees that have a significant ecological importance in lowland tropical forests worldwide. The goal of this study is to inventory Sapotaceae species of the Los Amigos River watershed, and investigate local variations of species diversity and distribution. 1087 individual trees sampled in 75 0.1-hectare Gentry transect units across upland and floodplain forests show this family of trees to be the third most species rich and fourth most abundant across the study landscape. A total of 95 species and five subspecies of Sapotaceae are reported with four new species described for the flora of Peru and ten new to Madre de Dios. Statistical and similarity analyses conclude higher levels of diversity and abundance for the Sapotaceae communities of upland or terra firme forests. John Janovec Texas Christian University 2008-04-24 text application/pdf application/msword http://etd.tcu.edu/etdfiles/available/etd-04242008-133806/ http://etd.tcu.edu/etdfiles/available/etd-04242008-133806/ en unrestricted I hereby certify that, if appropriate, I have obtained and attached hereto a written permission statement from the owner(s) of each third party copyrighted matter to be included in my thesis, dissertation, or project report, allowing distribution as specified below. I certify that the version I submitted is the same as that approved by my advisory committee. I hereby grant to TCU or its agents the non-exclusive license to archive and make accessible, under the conditions specified below, my thesis, dissertation, or project report in whole or in part in all forms of media, now or hereafter known. I retain all other ownership rights to the copyright of the thesis, dissertation or project report. I also retain the right to use in future works (such as articles or books) all or part of this thesis, dissertation, or project report.
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description	The Sapotaceae is a highly diverse and abundant family of large tropical trees that have a significant ecological importance in lowland tropical forests worldwide. The goal of this study is to inventory Sapotaceae species of the Los Amigos River watershed, and investigate local variations of species diversity and distribution. 1087 individual trees sampled in 75 0.1-hectare Gentry transect units across upland and floodplain forests show this family of trees to be the third most species rich and fourth most abundant across the study landscape. A total of 95 species and five subspecies of Sapotaceae are reported with four new species described for the flora of Peru and ten new to Madre de Dios. Statistical and similarity analyses conclude higher levels of diversity and abundance for the Sapotaceae communities of upland or terra firme forests.
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title	THE SAPOTACEAE OF A LOWLAND RAINFOREST: DIVERSITY AND DISTRIBUTION IN THE LOS AMIGOS WATERSHED, MADRE DE DIOS, PERU
title_short	THE SAPOTACEAE OF A LOWLAND RAINFOREST: DIVERSITY AND DISTRIBUTION IN THE LOS AMIGOS WATERSHED, MADRE DE DIOS, PERU
title_full	THE SAPOTACEAE OF A LOWLAND RAINFOREST: DIVERSITY AND DISTRIBUTION IN THE LOS AMIGOS WATERSHED, MADRE DE DIOS, PERU
title_fullStr	THE SAPOTACEAE OF A LOWLAND RAINFOREST: DIVERSITY AND DISTRIBUTION IN THE LOS AMIGOS WATERSHED, MADRE DE DIOS, PERU
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THE SAPOTACEAE OF A LOWLAND RAINFOREST: DIVERSITY AND DISTRIBUTION IN THE LOS AMIGOS WATERSHED, MADRE DE DIOS, PERU

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