Effects of flooding and herbivores on variation in recruitment of palms between habitats

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 358-366

  Pacheco, Manoel A W ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Amazon; Germination; Plant distribution; Seed predation; Tropical forest

Indexed keywords

DAY LENGTH; FLOODING; FOREST; GERMINATION; GROWTH INHIBITION; HERBIVORY; MORTALITY; PLANT GROWTH; SEEDLING; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES ABUNDANCE; STRESS TOLERANCE; SURVIVAL; TROPICS;

ABUNDANCE; FLOODING; HERBIVORY; RECRUITMENT; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMALIA; OENOCARPUS; OENOCARPUS BACABA; SOCRATEA; SOCRATEA EXORRHIZA;

EID: 0034977893     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2745.2001.00548.x     Document Type: Article

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