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Plant Ecology & Diversity Volume 7, 2014 - Issue 1-2: Ecosystem Dynamics of Amazonian and Andean Forests
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Convergence and divergence in alternative successional pathways in Central Amazonia

G. Bruce Williamson Department of Biological Sciences, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, USA; Biological Dynamics of Forest Fragments Project, and Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazonia, Manaus, BrazilCorrespondence[email protected]
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Tony V. Bentos Biological Dynamics of Forest Fragments Project, and Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazonia, Manaus, Brazil
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J. Benjamin Longworth Department of Biological Sciences, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, USA
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Rita C.G. Mesquita Biological Dynamics of Forest Fragments Project, and Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazonia, Manaus, Brazil
Pages 341-348 | Received 03 Feb 2012, Accepted 27 Sep 2012, Published online: 06 Nov 2012

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