Effects of past disturbance and edges on tree community structure and dynamics within a fragment of tropical semideciduous forest in south-eastern Brazil over a five-year period (1987-1992)

Plant Ecology

Volumn 131, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 45-66

  Oliveira Filho, Ary T ^a   De Mello, José Márcio ^a   Scolforo, José Roberto S ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF LAVRAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Canonical correspondence analysis; Canopy gaps; Forest succession; Forest turnover; Lianas; Tree mortality; Tree recruitment; Tropical montane forest

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DISTURBANCE; EDGE EFFECT; MONTANE FOREST; SUCCESSION; TROPICAL FOREST;

BRAZIL;

EID: 0030613665     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009744207641     Document Type: Article

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