The Forest Ecosystem of the Floodplains

摘要: The Amazon floodplain forests are of special interest for botanical research due to the physiognomy, easy attainability their margins and exceptional environmental conditions. They were described in terms dominant conspicuous tree species by Huber (1910), Ducke Black (1953), Takeuchi (1962), Hueck (1966). hydrochemical differentiation Amazonian floodplains (Sioli 1954) into white-water (varzea) black-water (igapo) inundation areas was confirmed at level Prance (1979, 1989) from a taxonomic point view Kubitzki (1989). Detailed forest inventories carried out Pires Koury (1959), Keel (1979), Revilla (1981, 1991), Worbes (1983), Campbell et al. (1986). (1992) defined different communities varzea as successional stages.