Edge structure determines the magnitude of changes in microclimate and vegetation structure in tropical forest fragments

Biotropica

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 17-30

  Didham, Raphael K ^a,c,d   Lawton, John H ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cecropia; Central Amazonia; Edge effects; Fire; Forest fragmentation; Microclimate; Succession; Vegetation structure; Vismia

Indexed keywords

FOREST; FOREST EDGE; MICROCLIMATE; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

AMAZONIA; BRAZIL;

CECROPIA; VISMIA;

EID: 0032771273     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.1999.tb00113.x     Document Type: Article

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