Recruitment of tall arborescent palms in the Yasuni National Park, Amazonian Ecuador: Are large treefall gaps important?

Journal of Tropical Ecology

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 355-366

  Svenning, J C ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Forest dynamics; Neotropics; Palms; Tree life history; Tropical rain forest

Indexed keywords

GAP DYNAMICS; GROWTH; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; RECRUITMENT; SURVIVAL;

ECUADOR;

IRIARTEA DELTOIDEA; OENOCARPUS BATAUA;

EID: 0032767903     PISSN: 02664674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0266467499000875     Document Type: Article

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