Seeds and seedlings of two neotropical montane understory shrubs respond differently to anthropogenic edges and treefall gaps

Oecologia

Volumn 119, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 419-426

  Restrepo, Carla ^a,c   Vargas, Arlex ^b  

^a University of Florida ^*  (United States)

^b University of New Mexico ^*  (Colombia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic edges; Seed germination Seed predation; Seedling growth; Treefall gaps

Indexed keywords

EDGE EFFECT; GERMINATION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; SEED PREDATION; SEEDLING; SHRUB;

FARAMEA AFFINIS; PALICOUREA GIBBOSA;

EID: 0032996239     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420050803     Document Type: Article

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