Tree mortality in a riparian forest at Rio Paraguai, Pantanal, Brazil, after an extreme flooding
A study was conducted in a riparian forest (Rio Paraguai, Brazil) to verify the vegetation mortality after an exceptional flooding in 1995. Individuals with diameter at breast height > 5 cm were sampled in 108 (10×10m) plots in 1994, and re-sampled in 1996. The total mortality rate was 4.1% per year. The mortality increased with the increasing of topographic positions, at community level, suggesting that places where the flooding is less frequent are more affected by extreme floods.
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| Format: | Digital revista |
| Language: | English |
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Sociedade Botânica do Brasil
2004
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| Online Access: | http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-33062004000400014 |
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