@inbook{c35b28c99df3432abe475aa02ef72bca,
title = "Ecosystem diversity in the Piedras Blancas National Park and adjacent areas (Costa Rica), with the first vegetation map of the area.",
abstract = "The Golfo Dulce region is one of the botanically most diverse areas in Central America. During the last 15 years research plots have been established in the Piedras Blancas National Park and its surroundings, for investigationof species composition, vegetation structure, growth patterns, reproductive ecology and forest dynamics. This paper presents an overview of the vegetation units that have been recognized so far in the region. Altogether, 28 ecosystems, ranging from untouched primary to secondary and anthropogenic vegetation, can be distinguished. Of these, 15 can be classified as natural, 5 as seminatural and 8 as anthropogenic. For each ecosystem a brief description regarding species diversity, vegetation structure and significance/abundance in the region is given. For the first time a detailed vegetation map is presented.",
author = "Anton Weissenhofer and Werner Huber and Tatjana Koukal and Markus Immitzer and Eva Schembera and Susanne Sontag and Nelson Zamora and Anton Weber",
year = "2008",
language = "English",
isbn = "978-3-85474-195-4",
series = "Stapfia",
pages = "65--96",
editor = "Anton Weissenhofer",
booktitle = "Natural and cultural history of the Golfo Dulce Region, Costa Rica",
publisher = "Ober{\"o}sterreichisches Landesmuseum",
}