Gap-phase regeneration in a semideciduous mesophytic forest, south-eastern Brazil

Plant Ecology

Volumn 163, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 51-62

  Martins, Sebastião Venãncio ^a   Ribeiro Rodrigues, Ricardo ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF VIÇOSA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Canopy gaps; Forest succession; Hemispherical photographs; Tropical forest

Indexed keywords

CANOPY GAP; DISTURBANCE; SPECIES RICHNESS; TROPICAL FOREST;

BRAZIL;

COFFEA; COFFEA ARABICA; EUPHORBIA; EUPHORBIACEAE; HYBANTHUS; RUBIACEAE; RUTACEAE;

EID: 0036427578     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1020395519430     Document Type: Article

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