Spatial heterogeneity of light and woody seedling regeneration in tropical wet forests

Ecology

Volumn 80, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1908-1926

  Nicotra, Adrienne B ^a,b   Chazdon, Robin L ^a   Iriarte, Silvia V B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Autocorrelation; Forest dynamics; Light distribution; Mantel test; Old growth forest; Second growth forest; Seedling abundance; Spatial heterogeneity; Species richness; Tropical rain forest; Woody seedling regeneration

Indexed keywords

LIGHT AVAILABILITY; LIMITING FACTOR; REGENERATION; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; TROPICAL FOREST;

COSTA RICA;

EID: 0032874105     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(1999)080[1908:SHOLAW]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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