Comparative study of tree establishment in abandoned pasture and mature forest of eastern Amazonia

Oikos

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 25-39

  Nepstad, Niel C ^a   Uhl, Christopher ^b   Pereira, Cassio A ^a   Da Silva, José Maria Cardoso ^c  

^a WOODS HOLE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MUSEU PARAENSE EMÍLIO GOELDI   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OLD FIELD; RAINFOREST;

BRAZIL, AMAZONIA; SOUTH AMERICA, AMAZONIA;

ATTA SEXDENS; FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 0030303748     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3545745     Document Type: Review

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