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 Biogeography and ecology of equatorial lowland ecosystems and of montane forest and (sub-) alpine grasslands in tropical America
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Funded through :Tropenbos identified research projects
Year :1979
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Further information :Summary provided by Tropenbos
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Summary provided by Tropenbos
Title :Biogeography and ecology of equatorial lowland ecosystems and of montane forest and (sub-) alpine grasslands in tropical America
Project Area :Andes
Keywords :ecosystems, structure, composition, architecture, montane
Start - End dates :1979 - 2006
Objective :Understanding of actual structure, composition ecology and distribution of Amazonian hard rock vegetation and rain forest communities & of lower & upper montane forests and alpine vegetation in functional relation to paleo-ecology, sustainable land-use
Funding Agency :UvA, NWO-WOTRO, Tropenbos, Canopy Foundation, EU-DGXII, ESF-Tropical Canopy Research
Researchers :Sevink, Prof. Dr. J. , Duivenvoorden, Dr. J.F., Dr. F. Bouman, Dr. M. Kappelle
Supervisors :Cleef, Prof. Dr. A.M.
Information in the TROPICS system is provisional only
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