Brazil nut seedling establishment and autecology in extractive reserves of Acre, Brazil

Ecological Applications

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 397-410

  Kainer, Karen A ^a,c   Duryea, Mary L ^a   De MacÊdo, Nazaré Costa ^b   Williams, Kimberlyn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b PESACRE   (Brazil)

^c Dept Parks and Recr/Environ Educ ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Bertholletia excelsa; Enrichment plantings; Extractive reserves; Forest gap; Leaf water potential; Light availability; Nutrient availability; Pasture; Seedling establishment; Shifting cultivation; Tropical rain forest

Indexed keywords

AGROECOSYSTEM; CANOPY GAP; EXTRACTIVE RESERVE; PASTURE; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; SHIFTING CULTIVATION;

ACRE STATE; BRAZIL;

BERTHOLLETIA EXCELSA;

EID: 0031959604     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/1051-0761(1998)008[0397:BNSEAA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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