Chapter 4: Amazonian ecosystems and their ecological functions
Mónica Moraes R., Sandra Bibiana Correa, Carolina Rodrigues da Costa Dória, Fabrice Duponchelle, Guido Miranda, Mariana Montoya, Oliver L. Phillips, Norma Salinas, Miles R. Silman, Carmen Ulloa Ulloa, Galo Zapata‐Ríos, Julia Arieira, Hans ter Steege
Abstract
This chapter describes the diversity of plants and ecosystems in the lowland Amazon and discusses how complex regional gradients in climate and soil conditions drive regional variability in species composition, vegetation dynamics, carbon stocks, and productivity. The Amazon river network and its role in connecting aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems through organisms and nutrient exchanges is also emphasized.
Topics & Concepts
Amazon rainforestAmazonianEcosystemEcologyEnvironmental scienceProductivityTerrestrial ecosystemVegetation (pathology)GeographyAquatic ecosystemEcosystem ecologyAgroforestryBiologyPathologyEconomicsMacroeconomicsMedicineFish biology, ecology, and behaviorAmazonian Archaeology and Ethnohistory