August 2017

A comparison of the forest soils in the Peruvian Amazon: Terra firme, palm, white sand and igapó

The Amazonian rainforest is critical to our shared human future. Therefore, we need to understand the structure and function of their forests and soils are a critical part of that investigation. Towards that end, soil samples were taken in eight different forests, both non-flooded (terra firme-low forests, terra firme-high forests, white sand-varillal forests, white sand-chamizal forests and palm forests) and flooded by...

Author(s): Randall W. Myster