Tree seedling performance in canopy gaps in a tropical rain forest at Nouragues, French Guiana

Journal of Tropical Ecology

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 119-137

  Van Der Meer, Peter J ^a,b   Sterck, Frank J ^a   Bongers, Frans ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Centre for Forest Tree Technology   (Australia)

Author keywords

Canopy gaps; Cecropia obtusa; Dicorynia guianensis; Light availability; Pourouma bicolor; Seedling dynamics; Seedling growth; Tropical rain forest

Indexed keywords

CANOPY GAP; GERMINATION; RAINFOREST; SEEDLING PERFORMANCE;

FRENCH GUIANA, NOURAGUES;

CECROPIA OBTUSA; DICORYNIA GUIANENSIS; DICORYNIA GUIANESIS; POUROUMA BICOLOR;

EID: 0031949283     PISSN: 02664674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S026646749800011X     Document Type: Article

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