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	A '''purma''' is a type of early successional forest ~~in the~~ ]. ~~It is a type of~~ ].		A '''purma''' is a type of early successional forest, or ], in the ].

	In the Amazon, people convert forest to farms and plantations called ]s. If that farm should be abandoned, the local plants begin to recolonize the area. It is then called a purma.<ref name=Land>{{cite journal\|url=https://researchexperts-staging.utmb.edu/en/publications/land-use-affects-macroinvertebrate-community-composition-in-phyto\|accessdate=December 13, 2024\|title=Land use affects macroinvertebrate community composition in phytotelmata in the Peruvian Amazon\|journal=Annals of the Entomological Society of America\|volume=99\|issue=6\|year=2006\|author1=S. P. Yanoviak\|author2= L. P. Lounibos\|author3= S. C. Weaver\|pages=1172-1181\|type=Abstract}}</ref><ref name=Forest>{{cite journal\|url=https://forages.wordpress.ncsu.edu/files/2022/06/959-3729-5-PB.pdf\|accessdate=December 13, 2024\|title=A review of silvopastoral systems in the Peruvian Amazon region\|journal=Tropical Grasslands-Forrajes Tropicales \|ISSN= 2346-3775\|year=2022\|volume=10\|issue=2\|pages=78–88\|doi= 10.17138/TGFT(10)78-88\|type=full text\|author1=Eduardo Fuentes \|author2=Carlos Gómez \|author3=Dante Pizarro\|author4=Julio Alegre \|author5=Miguel Castillo \|author6=Jorge Vela\|author7=Ethel Huaman\|author8=Héctor Vásquez}}</ref> ~~This means that a forest is only a purma for part of the time it is growing back.~~		In the Amazon, people convert forest to farms and plantations called ]s. If that farm should be abandoned, the local plants begin to recolonize the area. It is then called a purma.<ref name=Land>{{cite journal\|url=https://researchexperts-staging.utmb.edu/en/publications/land-use-affects-macroinvertebrate-community-composition-in-phyto\|accessdate=December 13, 2024\|title=Land use affects macroinvertebrate community composition in phytotelmata in the Peruvian Amazon\|journal=Annals of the Entomological Society of America\|volume=99\|issue=6\|year=2006\|author1=S. P. Yanoviak\|author2= L. P. Lounibos\|author3= S. C. Weaver\|pages=1172-1181\|type=Abstract}}</ref><ref name=Forest>{{cite journal\|url=https://forages.wordpress.ncsu.edu/files/2022/06/959-3729-5-PB.pdf\|accessdate=December 13, 2024\|title=A review of silvopastoral systems in the Peruvian Amazon region\|journal=Tropical Grasslands-Forrajes Tropicales \|ISSN= 2346-3775\|year=2022\|volume=10\|issue=2\|pages=78–88\|doi= 10.17138/TGFT(10)78-88\|type=full text\|author1=Eduardo Fuentes \|author2=Carlos Gómez \|author3=Dante Pizarro\|author4=Julio Alegre \|author5=Miguel Castillo \|author6=Jorge Vela\|author7=Ethel Huaman\|author8=Héctor Vásquez}}</ref>

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A purma is a type of early successional forest, or secondary forest, in the Amazon Basin.

In the Amazon, people convert forest to farms and plantations called chacras. If that farm should be abandoned, the local plants begin to recolonize the area. It is then called a purma.

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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