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Long-term Persistence of Raphia taedigera Mart. Swamps in Nicaragua 1

dc.contributor.authorUrquhart, Gerald R.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2010-06-01T18:29:47Z
dc.date.available2010-06-01T18:29:47Z
dc.date.issued1999-12en_US
dc.identifier.citationUrquhart, Gerald R. (1999). "Long-term Persistence of Raphia taedigera Mart. Swamps in Nicaragua 1 ." Biotropica 31(4): 565-569. <http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/71703>en_US
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dc.identifier.issn1744-7429en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/71703
dc.description.abstractThe palm Raphia taedigera Mart, forms vast, monodominant swamps in Central and South America, but very little is known about the ecology and natural history of these ecosystems. Debate surrounds the issue whether R. taedigera swamps are early successional stages or mature “climax” communities. This paleoecological analysis of a 1.46-m sediment core from swamps on the Caribbean coast of Nicaragua establishes the abundant presence of R. taedigera swamps for at least 2800 ± 90 years. R. taedigera swamps must be considered persistent communities, warranting further study because of their great extension into Central and South America.en_US
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dc.publisherBlackwell Publishing Ltden_US
dc.rights1999 The Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation Inc.en_US
dc.subject.otherArecaceaeen_US
dc.subject.otherCentral Americaen_US
dc.subject.otherLong-term Studiesen_US
dc.subject.otherNicaraguaen_US
dc.subject.otherPaleoecologyen_US
dc.subject.otherPalmsen_US
dc.subject.otherPalynologyen_US
dc.subject.otherRaphia Taedigera Marten_US
dc.subject.otherSwampsen_US
dc.titleLong-term Persistence of Raphia taedigera Mart. Swamps in Nicaragua 1en_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevelEcology and Evolutionary Biologyen_US
dc.subject.hlbtoplevelScienceen_US
dc.description.peerreviewedPeer Revieweden_US
dc.contributor.affiliationumDepartment of Biology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-1048, U.S.A.en_US
dc.description.bitstreamurlhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/71703/1/j.1744-7429.1999.tb00403.x.pdf
dc.identifier.doi10.1111/j.1744-7429.1999.tb00403.xen_US
dc.identifier.sourceBiotropicaen_US
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