Purma

A purma is a type of grassy place or forest in the Amazon Basin. It is a type of forest that has been cut down and is growing back. There are purmas in South America.

Sometimes people cut down Amazon forest to make a farm. These farms are called chacras. After people stop using the farm, the trees and other plants start to grow back. Then it becomes a purma. Scientists call purma "early successional forest."^[1]^[2] This means that a forest is only a purma for part of the time it is growing back.

References

↑ S. P. Yanoviak; L. P. Lounibos; S. C. Weaver (2006). "Land use affects macroinvertebrate community composition in phytotelmata in the Peruvian Amazon". Annals of the Entomological Society of America (Abstract). 99 (6): 1172–1181. Retrieved December 13, 2024.
↑ Eduardo Fuentes; Carlos Gómez; Dante Pizarro; Julio Alegre; Miguel Castillo; Jorge Vela; Ethel Huaman; Héctor Vásquez (2022). "A review of silvopastoral systems in the Peruvian Amazon region" (PDF). Tropical Grasslands-Forrajes Tropicales (full text). 10 (2): 78–88. doi:10.17138/TGFT(10)78-88. ISSN 2346-3775. Retrieved December 13, 2024.

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[Land-1] S. P. Yanoviak; L. P. Lounibos; S. C. Weaver (2006). "Land use affects macroinvertebrate community composition in phytotelmata in the Peruvian Amazon". Annals of the Entomological Society of America (Abstract). 99 (6): 1172–1181. Retrieved December 13, 2024.

[Forest-2] Eduardo Fuentes; Carlos Gómez; Dante Pizarro; Julio Alegre; Miguel Castillo; Jorge Vela; Ethel Huaman; Héctor Vásquez (2022). "A review of silvopastoral systems in the Peruvian Amazon region" (PDF). Tropical Grasslands-Forrajes Tropicales (full text). 10 (2): 78–88. doi:10.17138/TGFT(10)78-88. ISSN 2346-3775. Retrieved December 13, 2024.

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